What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Emperor been recorded?

Saturnia pavonia occurrence evidence comes from 5,010 records in 28 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

InsectaLepidopteraSaturniidaeSaturnia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

5,010 records across 28 countries and territories, 1800–2026.

Saturnia pavonia · GBIF taxon key 1867820

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: May.

5 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: May. 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 Emperor has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Emperor. 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 2,537
United Kingdom 1,093
Austria 671
Germany 164
Luxembourg 132
France 106
Belgium 69
Czechia 42
Netherlands 41
Ireland 29
Isle of Man 23
Italy 22
Spain 21
Finland 13
Russia 9
Switzerland 7
Denmark 6
ZZ 6
Estonia 4
Hungary 3
Norway 3
Guernsey 2
Liechtenstein 2
Andorra 1
Poland 1
Portugal 1
Slovenia 1
Türkiye 1

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Others in the family Saturniidae.

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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.