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Mottled Rustic

Caradrina morpheus

3,253Records since 2000
JunePeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May153
Jun1,593
Jul1,180
Aug92
Sep27
Oct10
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England657
2West Berkshire England585
3Worcestershire England154
4Suffolk England142
5Norfolk England104
6Cambridgeshire England77
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland76
8Surrey England41
9Kent England40
10Essex England33
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland28
12Telford and Wrekin England22
13Sefton England21
14Dorset England16
15North Yorkshire England15
3,008 England69 Scotland33 Wales131 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,253
Peak month
June
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Caradrina morpheus
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,842
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Caradrina
Name with authority
Caradrina morpheus (Hufnagel, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2108604 · GBIF 1765011