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Flight period in Ireland
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Peak months are shaded in Wing Orange. Emergence and recorded flight windows vary with latitude and season.
Where it lives in Ireland
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Distribution data © National Biodiversity Data Centre, atlas 2014 to 2019, used with permission.
Recorded in 22 of 26 Irish counties in the National Biodiversity Data Centre atlas, with the strongest concentrations in Munster and eastern Leinster. Numbers dropped through the 2010s and partially recovered from 2019 onward.1
Source: National Biodiversity Data Centre butterfly atlas 2014 to 2019, and Butterfly Conservation Ireland annual review 2024.
Every sighting counts
Butterfly Conservation Ireland and the National Biodiversity Data Centre track changes in Irish butterfly populations through recorder submissions. Add a sighting, and a named contributor will verify it within seven days.