What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Buff Arches been recorded?

Habrosyne pyritoides occurrence evidence comes from 9,280 records in 29 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

InsectaLepidopteraDrepanidaeHabrosyne

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

9,280 records across 29 countries and territories, 1800–2026.

Habrosyne pyritoides · GBIF taxon key 1952062

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

3 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: 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

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

Where Buff Arches has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Buff Arches. 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 4,100
Austria 1,962
United Kingdom 1,108
Luxembourg 607
France 421
Germany 361
Belgium 268
South Korea 259
Czechia 48
Italy 25
Netherlands 25
Ireland 17
Switzerland 15
Denmark 12
Spain 9
Estonia 7
Azerbaijan 6
Bulgaria 3
Hungary 3
Slovenia 3
Lithuania 2
Poland 2
Romania 2
Slovakia 2
Georgia 1
Croatia 1
Isle of Man 1
Norway 1
Türkiye 1
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.