What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Feathered Ranunculus been recorded?

Polymixis lichenea occurrence evidence comes from 115 records in 6 countries and territories, from 1983 to 2025. Most records come from United Kingdom.

Feathered Ranunculus
Feathered Ranunculus — Photo (display-sized rendition): Dumi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaePolymixis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

115 records across 6 countries and territories, 1983–2025.

Polymixis lichenea · GBIF taxon key 4533285

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

2 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: October. 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

19832025

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

Where Feathered Ranunculus has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Feathered Ranunculus. 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
United Kingdom 66
Belgium 28
France 18
Spain 1
Guernsey 1
Portugal 1

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