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Psyche casta

350Records since 2000
JunePeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb1
Mar15
Apr23
May84
Jun91
Jul27
Aug14
Sep9
Oct10
Nov9
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England48
2Oxfordshire England33
3Kent England23
4Surrey England17
5Suffolk England14
6West Berkshire England12
7Essex England10
8Devon England8
9Cambridgeshire England7
10Norfolk England6
11Cornwall England6
12Doncaster England4
13Telford and Wrekin England4
14Somerset England3
15Argyll and Bute Scotland3
332 England6 Scotland5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
350
Peak month
June
Counties with records
30
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
226
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Psychidae
Genus
Psyche
Name with authority
Psyche casta (Pallas, 1767)
Described
1767

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q898341 · GBIF 1854202