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Yellow-tail

Sphrageidus similis

605Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
52Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar2
Apr19
May113
Jun107
Jul241
Aug102
Sep18
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England52
2Cornwall England40
3Norfolk England39
4North Yorkshire England33
5Somerset England18
6Gwynedd Wales16
7Isle of Anglesey Wales15
8Cumbria England14
9Sefton England13
10Essex England12
11Bristol, City of England12
12Worcestershire England11
13Dorset England10
14East Riding of Yorkshire England10
15Cheshire East England10
521 England4 Scotland71 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
605
Peak month
July
Counties with records
52
Scientific name
Sphrageidus similis
Group
Butterflies and moths
Most recorded in
Suffolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Sphrageidus
Name with authority
Sphrageidus similis Füssly, 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7342633 · GBIF 1819268