🇨🇭Animals recorded in Switzerland

Which animals have been recorded in Switzerland? 57,094 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Anaceratagallia ribauti, Lesser Stag Beetle, Harlequin ladybird.

• 57,094 records
• 1,200+ species
• 22 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Anaceratagallia ribauti, Lesser Stag Beetle, Harlequin ladybird. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Switzerland

	Animal	Group	Records
	Anaceratagallia ribauti	Insecta Cicadellidae	401
	Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus	Insecta Lucanidae	387
	Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis	Insecta Coccinellidae	337
	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Insecta Nymphalidae	263
	Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata	Insecta Coccinellidae	218
	carabus auronitens Carabus auronitens	Insecta Carabidae	207
	Jassargus repletus	Insecta Cicadellidae	193
	Silpha atrata	Insecta Staphylinidae	188
	European badger Meles meles	Mammalia Mustelidae	185
	Stictoleptura rubra	Insecta Cerambycidae	183
	Platynus assimilis	Insecta Carabidae	181
	Psammotettix helvolus	Insecta Cicadellidae	180
	common frog Rana temporaria	Amphibia Ranidae	180
	Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia	Insecta Nymphalidae	171
	Rutpela maculata	Insecta Cerambycidae	165
	Peacock Aglais io	Insecta Nymphalidae	161
	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Insecta Nymphalidae	160
	Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus	Insecta Geotrupidae	160
	Neoaliturus fenestratus	Insecta Cicadellidae	159
	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Insecta Lycaenidae	157
	European roe deer Capreolus capreolus	Mammalia Cervidae	157
	Common wall lizard Podarcis muralis	Squamata Lacertidae	156
	Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Insecta Geometridae	152
	Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba	Insecta Noctuidae	151
	Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata	Insecta Geometridae	151
	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Insecta Apidae	150
	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Insecta Nymphalidae	149
	Livid Soldier Beetle Cantharis livida	Insecta Cantharidae	147
	Rhagium mordax	Insecta Cerambycidae	147
	False Ladybird Endomychus coccineus	Insecta Endomychidae	145
	Fire bug Pyrrhocoris apterus	Insecta Pyrrhocoridae	145
	Common Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis	Insecta Pyrochroidae	141
	Euscelis incisa	Insecta Cicadellidae	141
	Comma Polygonia c-album	Insecta Nymphalidae	140
	Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata	Insecta Scarabaeidae	137
	Roman Snail Helix pomatia	Gastropoda Helicidae	136
	Mediterranean Spotted Chafer Oxythyrea funesta	Insecta Scarabaeidae	134
	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Insecta Nymphalidae	132
	Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva	Insecta Cantharidae	129
	Cantharis fusca	Insecta Cantharidae	127
	Gray Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	125
	Epipsilia grisescens	Insecta Noctuidae	122
	Apollo Parnassius apollo	Insecta Papilionidae	120
	Cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis cerasi	Insecta Tephritidae	119
	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Insecta Pieridae	119
	Silver Y Autographa gamma	Insecta Noctuidae	115
	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Insecta Pieridae	115
	Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha	Insecta Noctuidae	112
	Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus	Insecta Anthribidae	112
	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Insecta Nymphalidae	112
	Ant Beetle Thanasimus formicarius	Insecta Cleridae	109
	Common Footman Nyea lurideola	Insecta Erebidae	108
	Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis	Insecta Cerambycidae	107
	Arocephalus longiceps	Insecta Cicadellidae	106
	Asian bush mosquito Aedes japonicus	Insecta Culicidae	105
	Chalk-hill Blue Lysandra coridon	Insecta Lycaenidae	104
	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Insecta Nymphalidae	103
	Austroagallia sinuata	Insecta Cicadellidae	103
	Larch adelgid Adelges laricis	Insecta Adelgidae	102
	Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum	Insecta Noctuidae	101