Marsh Fritillary

Euphydryas aurinia

14,938Records since 2000

JunePeak month

31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1

Feb32

Mar54

Apr150

May3,857

Jun4,549

Jul164

Aug2,021

Sep3,636

Oct54

Nov0

Dec1

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	5,079
2	Dorset	England	2,721
3	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	968
4	Ceredigion	Wales	799
5	Pembrokeshire	Wales	728
6	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	336
7	Gloucestershire	England	324
8	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig	Northern Ireland	298
9	Swansea	Wales	256
10	Devon	England	197
11	Carmarthenshire	Wales	118
12	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	79
13	Somerset	England	69
14	Gwynedd	Wales	65
15	West Berkshire	England	64

5,611 England1,011 Scotland2,240 Wales432 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 14,938
Peak month: June
Counties with records: 31
Scientific name: Euphydryas aurinia
Group: Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 9,501
Most recorded in: Newry, Mourne and Down, Dorset, Argyll and Bute, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Fermanagh and Omagh, Gloucestershire, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig, Swansea, Devon, Carmarthenshire, Causeway Coast and Glens +5
Conservation designations: Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Bern Convention, Habitats Directive, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphydryas
Name with authority: Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
Described: 1775
Contributing datasets: 27