Butterfly or moth
Buff-tip
Phalera bucephala · Notodontidae · Lepidoptera
Best monthsMay–Julmost records
Records235,583in 10 countries
Most seen inUnited Kingdom149,678 records
Red List–IUCN status
About
Buff-tip in brief
The buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) is a butterfly or moth of the Notodontidae family — species of insect.
Across the 10 countries we cover it has 235,583 published records, most of them from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Sweden. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in May, June and July and fall to their lowest in February and November.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
United Kingdom149,678 records · best Jul, Jun
Netherlands49,929 records · best Jul, Jun
Sweden11,749 records · best Jul, Jun
Germany11,726 records · best Aug, Jul
Denmark9,806 records · best Jul, Jun
Lithuania1,919 records · best Jul, Jun
Czechia425 records · best Aug, Jul
Ireland270 records · best Jun, Jul
Belarus50 records · best Aug, Jul
Latvia31 records · best Jun, Jul
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.