What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Marsh Fritillary been recorded?

Euphydryas aurinia occurrence evidence comes from 102,102 records in 27 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

InsectaLepidopteraNymphalidaeEuphydryas

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

102,102 records across 27 countries and territories, 1830–2026.

Euphydryas aurinia · GBIF taxon key 4535809

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

4 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. 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 Marsh Fritillary has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Marsh Fritillary. 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
Sweden 93,004
United Kingdom 5,552
Austria 1,032
Ireland 625
Belgium 565
France 500
Luxembourg 322
Spain 198
Germany 69
Romania 53
Italy 38
Netherlands 37
Switzerland 22
Bulgaria 19
Liechtenstein 16
Russia 15
Portugal 13
Kazakhstan 5
Slovenia 4
Denmark 3
China 2
Croatia 2
Andorra 1
Czechia 1
Algeria 1
Greece 1
Poland 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.