What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Colias croceus been recorded?

Colias croceus occurrence evidence comes from 3,629 records in 20 countries and territories, from 1850 to 2025. Most records come from Austria.

Colias croceus
Colias croceus — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

3,629 records across 20 countries and territories, 1850–2025.

Colias croceus · GBIF taxon key 7550095

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

5 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. 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

18502025

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

Where Colias croceus has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Colias croceus. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Austria 1,694
Luxembourg 794
Romania 606
France 218
Netherlands 100
Spain 80
Germany 34
Italy 31
Switzerland 14
Czechia 13
Slovenia 9
Belgium 8
Morocco 7
Liechtenstein 6
Cyprus 4
Albania 3
Sweden 3
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2
Hungary 2
Croatia 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.