When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb4
Mar13
Apr11
May19
Jun1,038
Jul12,083
Aug5,266
Sep223
Oct3
Nov2
Dec1
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | England | 1,522 | |
| 2 | Suffolk | England | 771 | |
| 3 | Dorset | England | 770 | |
| 4 | Isle of Wight | England | 665 | |
| 5 | Essex | England | 596 | |
| 6 | Norfolk | England | 446 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 413 | |
| 8 | Somerset | England | 312 | |
| 9 | Worcestershire | England | 278 | |
| 10 | Gloucestershire | England | 191 | |
| 11 | Cambridgeshire | England | 185 | |
| 12 | Devon | England | 182 | |
| 13 | Lincolnshire | England | 123 | |
| 14 | Herefordshire, County of | England | 111 | |
| 15 | Bath and North East Somerset | England | 102 |
18,360 England162 Scotland327 Wales35 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 18,902
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 74
- Scientific name
- Quercusia quercus
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- Most recorded in
- Surrey, Suffolk, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Essex, Norfolk, Kent, Somerset, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Cambridgeshire, Devon +14
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Quercusia
- Name with authority
- Quercusia quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 24
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13846406 · GBIF 1926324