When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May4
Jun979
Jul2,075
Aug73
Sep25
Oct29
Nov13
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Berkshire | England | 587 | |
| 2 | Oxfordshire | England | 522 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 190 | |
| 4 | Sefton | England | 120 | |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire | England | 76 | |
| 6 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 69 | |
| 7 | Norfolk | England | 64 | |
| 8 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | Northern Ireland | 64 | |
| 9 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 56 | |
| 10 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 55 | |
| 11 | Suffolk | England | 41 | |
| 12 | Fermanagh and Omagh | Northern Ireland | 38 | |
| 13 | Kent | England | 33 | |
| 14 | Lisburn and Castlereagh | Northern Ireland | 30 | |
| 15 | Essex | England | 28 |
2,980 England112 Scotland40 Wales311 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 85 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,457
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 85
- Scientific name
- Ourapteryx sambucaria
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,941
- Most recorded in
- West Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Sefton, Cambridgeshire, Newry, Mourne and Down, Norfolk, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Argyll and Bute, Telford and Wrekin
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Ourapteryx
- Name with authority
- Ourapteryx sambucaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 31
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1625300 · GBIF 1958323