When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb0
Mar83
Apr2,614
May18,866
Jun12,121
Jul28,761
Aug44,730
Sep32,258
Oct1,364
Nov8
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 8,543 | |
| 2 | Surrey | England | 7,764 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 7,096 | |
| 4 | Somerset | England | 5,594 | |
| 5 | Cornwall | England | 3,498 | |
| 6 | Fife | Scotland | 3,354 | |
| 7 | Worcestershire | England | 3,304 | |
| 8 | Devon | England | 3,258 | |
| 9 | Isle of Wight | England | 3,140 | |
| 10 | Norfolk | England | 2,660 | |
| 11 | Cambridgeshire | England | 2,590 | |
| 12 | Kent | England | 2,346 | |
| 13 | Oxfordshire | England | 1,870 | |
| 14 | Lincolnshire | England | 1,847 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 1,687 |
124,482 England10,096 Scotland5,550 Wales938 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 142,326
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 122
- Scientific name
- Lycaena phlaeas
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 143,301
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Surrey, Suffolk, Somerset, Cornwall, Fife, Worcestershire, Devon, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Kent +75
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Lycaena
- Name with authority
- Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Described
- 1761
- Contributing datasets
- 52
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q740169 · GBIF 1929697