What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Five-spot Burnet been recorded?

Zygaena trifolii occurrence evidence comes from 886 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from Germany.

InsectaLepidopteraZygaenidaeZygaena

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

886 records across 14 countries and territories, 1800–2026.

Zygaena trifolii · GBIF taxon key 7761138

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: 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

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

18002026

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

Where Five-spot Burnet has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Five-spot Burnet. 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
Germany 306
France 215
United Kingdom 88
Luxembourg 87
Spain 56
Netherlands 51
Belgium 48
Switzerland 9
Czechia 9
Guernsey 6
Portugal 5
Denmark 3
Jersey 2
Greece 1

Related animals

Others in the family Zygaenidae.

Six-spot Burnet
Six-spot Burnet
24,269 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.