When it is recorded
Jan18
Feb56
Mar407
Apr5,452
May14,862
Jun37,394
Jul96,009
Aug68,836
Sep61,847
Oct4,910
Nov212
Dec14
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 23,750 | |
| 2 | Somerset | England | 12,837 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 9,818 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 9,545 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 9,278 | |
| 6 | Surrey | England | 9,166 | |
| 7 | Cambridgeshire | England | 8,649 | |
| 8 | Norfolk | England | 8,369 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 7,667 | |
| 10 | Essex | England | 5,099 | |
| 11 | Cumbria | England | 4,624 | |
| 12 | Worcestershire | England | 4,533 | |
| 13 | Oxfordshire | England | 3,980 | |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 3,863 | |
| 15 | Isle of Wight | England | 3,823 |
265,504 England11,165 Scotland10,004 Wales1,848 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 292,792
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 126
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Vanessa atalanta
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 293,011
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Somerset, Suffolk, Cornwall, Kent, Surrey, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Devon, Essex, Cumbria, Worcestershire +94
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Vanessa
- Name with authority
- Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 55
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156454 · GBIF 1898286