When it is recorded
Jan17
Feb69
Mar5,319
Apr134,212
May73,456
Jun13,193
Jul85,687
Aug97,614
Sep17,390
Oct702
Nov59
Dec18
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 22,925 | |
| 2 | Somerset | England | 16,820 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 15,553 | |
| 4 | Surrey | England | 15,225 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 12,111 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 11,479 | |
| 7 | Cumbria | England | 11,123 | |
| 8 | Norfolk | England | 10,562 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 8,142 | |
| 10 | Oxfordshire | England | 7,758 | |
| 11 | Devon | England | 7,137 | |
| 12 | Worcestershire | England | 6,698 | |
| 13 | Gloucestershire | England | 6,516 | |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 6,341 | |
| 15 | Lincolnshire | England | 5,006 |
389,119 England23,101 Scotland10,837 Wales3,281 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 431,653
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 124
- Scientific name
- Aglais io
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 423,731
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Somerset, Cambridgeshire, Surrey, Kent, Suffolk, Cumbria, Norfolk, Essex, Oxfordshire, Devon, Worcestershire +99
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Aglais
- Name with authority
- Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 60
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158699 · GBIF 4535827