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Sharp-Angled Peacock

Macaria alternata

519Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May74
Jun103
Jul115
Aug200
Sep9
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England139
2Suffolk England50
3Oxfordshire England50
4Cornwall England40
5Devon England30
6Dorset England19
7Kent England16
8Bracknell Forest England16
9Pembrokeshire Wales11
10Surrey England10
11Swansea Wales9
12Essex England8
13Somerset England5
14Carmarthenshire Wales3
15Cambridgeshire England2
484 England24 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
519
Peak month
August
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Macaria alternata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
380
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Macaria
Name with authority
Macaria alternata (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25635 · GBIF 5880545