What Animal Lives Where

Where has the White Ermine been recorded?

Spilosoma lubricipeda occurrence evidence comes from 18,278 records in 39 countries and territories, from 1853 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

InsectaLepidopteraErebidaeSpilosoma

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

18,278 records across 39 countries and territories, 1853–2026.

Spilosoma lubricipeda · GBIF taxon key 8237987

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

3 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.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. 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

18532026

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

Where White Ermine has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for White Ermine. 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 11,190
Austria 2,938
United Kingdom 1,043
Luxembourg 898
France 583
Belgium 410
South Korea 383
Germany 343
Netherlands 109
Switzerland 68
Czechia 50
Italy 32
Russia 32
Ireland 30
Denmark 20
Finland 17
Poland 17
Estonia 16
Spain 16
Bulgaria 13
Hungary 13
Lithuania 9
Liechtenstein 6
Romania 5
Croatia 3
Norway 3
Serbia 3
Slovakia 3
Azerbaijan 2
Ethiopia 2
Isle of Man 2
Portugal 2
Slovenia 2
Ukraine 2
Georgia 1
Guernsey 1
Japan 1
Kenya 1
ZZ 1

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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.