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Maculinea arion

388Records since 2000
JunePeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May8
Jun321
Jul54
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England305
2Gloucestershire England78
3Devon England2
388 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
388
Peak month
June
Counties with records
3
Group
Butterflies and moths
Most recorded in
Somerset, Gloucestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Maculinea
Name with authority
Maculinea arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 1922311