When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar118
Apr24
May69
Jun55,862
Jul154,823
Aug10,322
Sep103
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 28,857 | |
| 2 | Surrey | England | 19,583 | |
| 3 | Somerset | England | 12,424 | |
| 4 | Gloucestershire | England | 10,024 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 7,731 | |
| 6 | Oxfordshire | England | 7,006 | |
| 7 | Isle of Wight | England | 4,733 | |
| 8 | Devon | England | 4,040 | |
| 9 | Brighton and Hove | England | 2,323 | |
| 10 | West Berkshire | England | 2,160 | |
| 11 | Cambridgeshire | England | 2,015 | |
| 12 | Essex | England | 1,846 | |
| 13 | Bristol, City of | England | 1,722 | |
| 14 | Medway | England | 1,289 | |
| 15 | Northamptonshire | England | 1,184 |
220,870 England549 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 221,435
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 56
- Scientific name
- Melanargia galathea
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 220,053
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Surrey, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Isle of Wight, Devon, Brighton and Hove, West Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex +27
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Melanargia
- Name with authority
- Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 25
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157565 · GBIF 7854318