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Purple Emperor

Apatura iris

1,158Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr0
May2
Jun167
Jul931
Aug52
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England129
2Essex England35
3Northamptonshire England27
4Nottinghamshire England16
5Cambridgeshire England13
6Kent England13
7Suffolk England12
8Oxfordshire England11
9Norfolk England7
10Rutland England7
11Lincolnshire England4
12West Berkshire England4
13Peterborough England4
14Dorset England2
15Somerset England2
1,158 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,158
Peak month
July
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Apatura iris
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,104
Most recorded in
Surrey
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Apatura
Name with authority
Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q30982 · GBIF 5131910