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True Lover's Knot

Lycophotia porphyrea

3,215Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr5
May64
Jun702
Jul1,644
Aug565
Sep35
Oct5
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland846
2Argyll and Bute Scotland490
3Highland Scotland352
4Suffolk England219
5Worcestershire England177
6West Berkshire England113
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland96
8Bracknell Forest England93
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland75
10Surrey England54
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland53
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland50
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland43
14North Yorkshire England35
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland33
947 England1,811 Scotland64 Wales387 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,215
Peak month
July
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Lycophotia porphyrea
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,982
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Lycophotia
Name with authority
Lycophotia porphyrea (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1574140 · GBIF 1794590