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Where does the Wall live?

Lasiommata megera has 676,853 records in 66 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from United Kingdom.

Wall
Wall — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraNymphalidaePararge

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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United Kingdom 237,762
France 143,344
Switzerland 73,628
Netherlands 61,600
Spain 34,297
Germany 20,850
Belgium 20,372
Sweden 18,101
Denmark 9,677
Italy 8,542
Austria 6,665
Guernsey 4,429
Luxembourg 3,636
Serbia 3,456
Ireland 3,342
Poland 3,167
Israel 2,956
Norway 2,813
Portugal 2,546
Jersey 2,350
Greece 2,090
Isle of Man 2,008
Hungary 1,846
Croatia 1,152
Türkiye 835
Czechia 774
Lithuania 722
Bulgaria 614
Romania 550
Morocco 314
Ukraine 296
Albania 219
Russia 207
Slovenia 163
Liechtenstein 148
Andorra 135
Georgia 120
North Macedonia 120
Montenegro 118
Algeria 107

Showing the top 40 of 66 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.