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Six-spot Burnet

Zygaena filipendulae

4,601Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
103Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb1
Mar1
Apr11
May99
Jun1,198
Jul2,585
Aug438
Sep14
Oct1
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England375
2West Berkshire England243
3Argyll and Bute Scotland229
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland224
5Highland Scotland190
6Worcestershire England181
7Isle of Anglesey Wales137
8Pembrokeshire Wales103
9Cornwall England99
10Essex England89
11Sefton England79
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland74
13Gwynedd Wales68
14Devon England59
15North Ayrshire Scotland57
2,803 England992 Scotland557 Wales234 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,601
Peak month
July
Counties with records
103
Scientific name
Zygaena filipendulae
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,849
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Zygaenidae
Genus
Zygaena
Name with authority
Zygaena filipendulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161497 · GBIF 5107219