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Scotch Argus

Erebia aethiops

11,982Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May2
Jun11
Jul2,303
Aug8,704
Sep905
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland6,663
2Argyll and Bute Scotland1,677
3Cumbria England1,630
4Perth and Kinross Scotland802
5Aberdeenshire Scotland293
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland212
7Moray Scotland119
8Scottish Borders Scotland118
9North Ayrshire Scotland98
10North Yorkshire England38
11Stirling Scotland37
12East Ayrshire Scotland37
13South Ayrshire Scotland6
14West Lothian Scotland5
15Lincolnshire England1
1,667 England10,301 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,982
Peak month
August
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Erebia aethiops
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,778
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Erebia
Name with authority
Erebia aethiops Esper, 1777
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1395764 · GBIF 5135191