When it is recorded
Jan32
Feb109
Mar3,005
Apr42,483
May20,658
Jun41,684
Jul69,737
Aug49,968
Sep24,132
Oct823
Nov68
Dec31
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 14,518 | |
| 2 | Somerset | England | 12,516 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 9,608 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 6,317 | |
| 5 | Worcestershire | England | 5,840 | |
| 6 | Oxfordshire | England | 5,366 | |
| 7 | North Yorkshire | England | 5,285 | |
| 8 | Cumbria | England | 5,181 | |
| 9 | Suffolk | England | 5,097 | |
| 10 | Devon | England | 4,502 | |
| 11 | Surrey | England | 4,391 | |
| 12 | Gloucestershire | England | 4,096 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 3,464 | |
| 14 | Kent | England | 3,175 | |
| 15 | Essex | England | 3,160 |
218,741 England15,700 Scotland9,339 Wales4,744 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 256,492
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 126
- Scientific name
- Aglais urticae
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 245,673
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Somerset, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, North Yorkshire, Cumbria, Suffolk, Devon, Surrey, Gloucestershire +98
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Aglais
- Name with authority
- Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 63
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157609 · GBIF 1894840