When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar75
Apr30
May266
Jun22,938
Jul125,544
Aug26,783
Sep371
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 19,588 | |
| 2 | Somerset | England | 8,326 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 4,244 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 4,077 | |
| 5 | North Yorkshire | England | 3,302 | |
| 6 | Devon | England | 3,173 | |
| 7 | Gloucestershire | England | 3,133 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 2,881 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 2,789 | |
| 10 | Cumbria | England | 2,643 | |
| 11 | Norfolk | England | 2,605 | |
| 12 | Kent | England | 2,573 | |
| 13 | Oxfordshire | England | 2,459 | |
| 14 | Lincolnshire | England | 2,377 | |
| 15 | Suffolk | England | 2,160 |
169,872 England1,367 Scotland5,870 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 177,131
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 94
- Scientific name
- Thymelicus sylvestris
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 175,532
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Somerset, Surrey, Cambridgeshire, North Yorkshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Essex, Cornwall, Cumbria, Norfolk, Kent +58
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Thymelicus
- Name with authority
- Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761)
- Described
- 1761
- Contributing datasets
- 33
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8273661