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Mountain Ringlet

Erebia epiphron

752Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun281
Jul448
Aug23
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England308
2Highland Scotland165
3Perth and Kinross Scotland163
4Argyll and Bute Scotland68
5Stirling Scotland46
302 England439 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
752
Peak month
July
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Erebia epiphron
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
726
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Global Red List (JNCC), Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Erebia
Name with authority
Erebia epiphron Knoch, 1783
Described
1783
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8167638