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Zipperback

Chrysotoxum elegans

127Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May9
Jun37
Jul29
Aug38
Sep11
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England25
2Dorset England15
3Torbay England15
4Swansea Wales14
5Devon England11
6Suffolk England8
7Surrey England4
8Portsmouth England4
9Cambridgeshire England3
10Norfolk England2
11Somerset England2
12Essex England1
13Pembrokeshire Wales1
14Bristol, City of England1
112 England15 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
127
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Chrysotoxum elegans
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
125
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Chrysotoxum
Name with authority
Chrysotoxum elegans Loew, 1841
Described
1841

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2746685 · GBIF 1535931