What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Queen of Spain Fritillary been recorded?

Issoria lathonia occurrence evidence comes from 36,987 records in 49 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

InsectaLepidopteraNymphalidaeIssoria

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

36,987 records across 49 countries and territories, 1800–2026.

Issoria lathonia · GBIF taxon key 1905383

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: August.

7 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: 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

18002026

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

Where Queen of Spain Fritillary has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Queen of Spain 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 19,923
Belgium 9,352
Germany 3,026
Luxembourg 1,377
Austria 1,193
Spain 588
Romania 326
France 292
Italy 255
Denmark 102
United Kingdom 93
Netherlands 54
Russia 50
Bulgaria 47
Switzerland 42
Czechia 33
Hungary 27
Poland 21
Ukraine 19
Finland 18
Greece 16
Andorra 15
Iran 14
Kazakhstan 12
Uzbekistan 12
Croatia 10
Türkiye 10
Slovakia 8
Bosnia & Herzegovina 5
Morocco 5
India 4
Norway 4
Azerbaijan 3
Kyrgyzstan 3
Lithuania 3
Montenegro 3
North Macedonia 3
ZZ 3
Latvia 2
Portugal 2

Showing the top 40 of 49 places.

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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.