What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Great Peacock Moth been recorded?

Saturnia pyri occurrence evidence comes from 578 records in 23 countries and territories, from 1850 to 2026. Most records come from Austria.

InsectaLepidopteraSaturniidaeSaturnia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

578 records across 23 countries and territories, 1850–2026.

Saturnia pyri · GBIF taxon key 1867928

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.

4 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

18502026

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

Where Great Peacock Moth has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Great Peacock Moth. 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
Austria 285
France 96
Spain 59
Italy 45
Luxembourg 20
Bulgaria 14
Azerbaijan 13
Croatia 7
Czechia 6
Romania 4
United States 4
Greece 3
Hungary 3
Türkiye 3
Albania 2
Germany 2
Israel 2
Portugal 2
Russia 2
Slovenia 2
Ukraine 2
Andorra 1
Serbia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Saturniidae.

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12 records
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.