Species Detail - Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Butterflies of Ireland post 2021".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Pyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper
NHMSYS0000522857 RecommendedWell-formed
Threatened Species: Near threatened
pytit
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Insect - butterfly
Species
96
25
10
08/07/2022
12/08/2024
9 April (recorded in 2014)
10 November (recorded in 2021)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Butterflies of Ireland post 2021, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus), accessed 03 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/364/Species/77590

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)