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Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Boloria selene

22,974Records since 2000
JunePeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr36
May2,896
Jun13,830
Jul5,059
Aug705
Sep32
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England5,404
2Highland Scotland3,263
3Devon England1,696
4Argyll and Bute Scotland1,070
5Somerset England1,043
6Cornwall England970
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland781
8North Yorkshire England768
9Worcestershire England482
10Perth and Kinross Scotland426
11Stirling Scotland419
12Isle of Anglesey Wales376
13Gwynedd Wales335
14Powys Wales294
15Aberdeenshire Scotland229
14,447 England7,127 Scotland1,385 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
22,974
Peak month
June
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Boloria selene
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
22,828
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, 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
Nymphalidae
Genus
Boloria
Name with authority
Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q901373 · GBIF 1912325