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Orange underwing

Archiearis parthenias

172Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar90
Apr48
May4
Jun6
Jul2
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland23
2Kent England18
3Worcestershire England17
4West Berkshire England9
5Gwynedd Wales7
6Argyll and Bute Scotland5
7Wrexham Wales4
8Essex England3
9Gloucestershire England3
10Rutland England3
11Perth and Kinross Scotland3
12Cambridgeshire England2
13Suffolk England2
14Surrey England2
15Bracknell Forest England2
126 England31 Scotland14 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
172
Peak month
March
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Archiearis parthenias
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
155
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Archiearis
Name with authority
Archiearis parthenias (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1303070 · GBIF 1975733