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Red Chestnut

Cerastis rubricosa

1,654Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
46Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb9
Mar259
Apr762
May453
Jun10
Jul1
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland461
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland456
3Worcestershire England153
4Highland Scotland93
5Suffolk England62
6Oxfordshire England60
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland53
8West Berkshire England41
9North Yorkshire England15
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland15
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
12Cornwall England11
13Pembrokeshire Wales10
14North Ayrshire Scotland10
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland9
460 England1,059 Scotland20 Wales96 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,654
Peak month
April
Counties with records
46
Scientific name
Cerastis rubricosa
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,420
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Cerastis
Name with authority
Cerastis rubricosa (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q859576 · GBIF 5110885