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Where does the Spring Azure live?

Celastrina argiolus has 1,087,364 records in 81 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from United Kingdom.

Spring Azure
Spring Azure — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraLycaenidaeCelastrina

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18302026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United Kingdom 530,754
Netherlands 202,472
France 74,857
Belgium 69,463
Germany 44,620
Finland 27,448
Switzerland 25,280
Sweden 23,506
Spain 13,640
Denmark 12,530
Ireland 8,233
Austria 6,376
Norway 5,400
Poland 4,615
Guernsey 4,190
South Korea 3,552
Italy 3,229
Serbia 2,768
Mexico 2,692
Jersey 2,483
Japan 2,448
Russia 2,381
Hungary 1,678
Portugal 1,632
Lithuania 1,301
Luxembourg 1,270
Greece 909
Ukraine 895
Estonia 824
United States 727
Türkiye 645
Czechia 567
Romania 422
Croatia 405
Isle of Man 393
China 345
Åland Islands 342
Bulgaria 298
Israel 223
Slovenia 203

Showing the top 40 of 81 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.