When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May268
Jun10,073
Jul13,410
Aug1,592
Sep71
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 4,488 | |
| 2 | Surrey | England | 2,668 | |
| 3 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 2,425 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 1,876 | |
| 5 | Conwy | Wales | 1,845 | |
| 6 | Gwynedd | Wales | 1,318 | |
| 7 | Suffolk | England | 1,080 | |
| 8 | Worcestershire | England | 1,064 | |
| 9 | Norfolk | England | 835 | |
| 10 | Devon | England | 100 | |
| 11 | Bracknell Forest | England | 8 | |
| 12 | Wirral | England | 5 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 2 | |
| 14 | Denbighshire | Wales | 2 | |
| 15 | Somerset | England | 1 |
19,695 England5,824 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 25,527
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 16
- Scientific name
- Plebejus argus
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 25,025
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Surrey, Pembrokeshire, Cornwall, Conwy, Gwynedd, Suffolk, Worcestershire, Norfolk, Devon
- Conservation designations
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Plebejus
- Name with authority
- Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 16
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q926992 · GBIF 5138561