When it is recorded
Jan10
Feb2
Mar86
Apr586
May6,763
Jun20,627
Jul24,578
Aug41,162
Sep10,046
Oct343
Nov6
Dec3
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 7,928 | |
| 2 | Somerset | England | 4,624 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 3,280 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 3,120 | |
| 5 | Cumbria | England | 2,878 | |
| 6 | Cornwall | England | 2,700 | |
| 7 | Surrey | England | 2,548 | |
| 8 | Suffolk | England | 2,322 | |
| 9 | Norfolk | England | 2,318 | |
| 10 | Devon | England | 2,086 | |
| 11 | Worcestershire | England | 2,015 | |
| 12 | North Yorkshire | England | 1,667 | |
| 13 | Essex | England | 1,639 | |
| 14 | Gloucestershire | England | 1,371 | |
| 15 | Isle of Wight | England | 1,341 |
89,055 England6,076 Scotland5,455 Wales1,202 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 105,523
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 125
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Vanessa cardui
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 103,556
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Somerset, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Cumbria, Cornwall, Surrey, Suffolk, Norfolk, Devon, Worcestershire, North Yorkshire +79
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Vanessa
- Name with authority
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 53
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158603 · GBIF 4299368