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Red Underwing

Catocala nupta

773Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun5
Jul76
Aug342
Sep240
Oct36
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England215
2Worcestershire England56
3West Berkshire England36
4Cambridgeshire England23
5Suffolk England15
6Telford and Wrekin England14
7Kent England10
8Rutland England10
9East Riding of Yorkshire England9
10Somerset England8
11Norfolk England7
12Essex England6
13Lincolnshire England4
14Gloucestershire England4
15Surrey England3
764 England6 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
773
Peak month
August
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Catocala nupta
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
601
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Catocala
Name with authority
Catocala nupta Linnaeus, 1767
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q581524 · GBIF 1797258