When it is recorded
Jan4
Feb3
Mar462
Apr28,027
May76,690
Jun46,888
Jul228,480
Aug228,578
Sep95,232
Oct1,308
Nov8
Dec5
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 43,206 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 27,681 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 26,444 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 23,311 | |
| 5 | Essex | England | 19,215 | |
| 6 | Somerset | England | 18,726 | |
| 7 | Suffolk | England | 18,616 | |
| 8 | Oxfordshire | England | 15,213 | |
| 9 | Norfolk | England | 12,980 | |
| 10 | Gloucestershire | England | 11,628 | |
| 11 | Cornwall | England | 10,194 | |
| 12 | Devon | England | 10,120 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 9,647 | |
| 14 | Worcestershire | England | 9,108 | |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire | England | 8,824 |
670,947 England14,182 Scotland16,645 Wales3,701 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 709,791
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 123
- Scientific name
- Pieris rapae
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 721,782
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Cambridgeshire, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Somerset, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Devon +100
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Pieris
- Name with authority
- Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 53
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27653 · GBIF 1920496