Butterfly or moth
Wall
Lasiommata megera · Nymphalidae · Lepidoptera
Best monthsMay · Jul–Augmost records
Records657,379in 51 countries
Most seen inUnited Kingdom239,670 records
Red List–IUCN status
About
Wall in brief
The wall (Lasiommata megera) is a butterfly or moth of the Nymphalidae family — species of insect.
Across the 51 countries we cover it has 657,379 published records, most of them from the United Kingdom, France and Switzerland. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in May, July and August and fall to their lowest in January and December.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
United Kingdom239,670 records · best Aug, May
France144,343 records · best May, Jul
Switzerland74,543 records · best Aug, Jul
Netherlands62,609 records · best Aug, May
Spain35,167 records · best Jun, May
Germany21,659 records · best Aug, May
Sweden19,017 records · best Aug, Jun
Denmark10,862 records · best Aug, Jul
Belgium10,056 records · best Aug, May
Italy8,964 records · best Apr, Jul
Luxembourg3,670 records · best Aug, Jul
Poland3,516 records · best Aug, Jul
Serbia3,469 records · best Apr, May
Ireland3,356 records · best Aug, May
Israel2,959 records · best Jun, May
Portugal2,439 records · best Jun, May
Greece2,362 records · best Apr, May
Hungary1,931 records · best May, Jul
Croatia1,279 records · best Apr, Jun
Türkiye1,066 records · best Jun, Jul
Czechia831 records · best Aug, Sep
Bulgaria757 records · best May, Jul
Romania581 records · best May, Jul
Morocco382 records · best May, Jun
Albania229 records · best Jun, Oct
Slovenia180 records · best Jul, Aug
Liechtenstein150 records · best Aug, May
Andorra138 records · best Jan, Jul
Georgia127 records · best Sep, May
Montenegro125 records · best Jun, Apr
North Macedonia121 records · best May, Jun
Algeria120 records · best Jun, May
Slovakia117 records · best May, Aug
Cyprus92 records · best Apr, May
Malta78 records · best May, Apr
Belarus65 records · best Aug, Jun
Bosnia and Herzegovina63 records · best Jul, May
Armenia61 records · best Jun, Jul
Latvia47 records · best Aug, Jun
Iran37 records · best Jun, Oct
Tunisia29 records · best Apr, May
San Marino25 records · best Sep, Aug
Azerbaijan23 records · best May, Jun
Kosovo14 records · best Nov, Apr
Moldova10 records · best May, Jun
Jordan9 records · best May, Mar
Syria9 records · best Jun, May
Palestine8 records · best May, Apr
Lebanon7 records · best May, Jun
Iraq6 records · best May, Jul
Monaco1 records · best Oct, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
Relatives
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