33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:23:16 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2022 2022-09-06 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb 10.5285/33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb doi: Cook, P.M., Tordoff, G.M., Davis, A.M., Parsons, M.S., Dennis, E.B., Fox, R., Botham, M.S., Bourn, N.A.D. (2022). Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb Here, we present a comprehensive traits database for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland. The database covers 968 species in 21 families. Ecological traits fall into four main categories: life cycle ecology and phenology, host plant specificity and characteristics, breeding habitat, and morphological characteristics. The database also contains data regarding species distribution, conservation status, and temporal trends for abundance and occupancy. This database can be used for a wide array of purposes including further fundamental research on species and community responses to environmental change, conservation and management studies, and evolutionary biology. A more recent version of the dataset is available at https://doi.org/10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66 entitled 'Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024'. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb Cook, P.M. Butterfly Conservation pcook@butterfly-conservation.org https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7510-1020 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Tordoff, G.M. Butterfly Conservation gtordoff@butterfly-conservation.org author Davis, A.M. Butterfly Conservation tdavis@butterfly-conservation.org author Parsons, M.S. Butterfly Conservation markparsons442@gmail.com author Dennis, E.B. Butterfly Conservation edennis@butterfly-conservation.org https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2692-4415 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Fox, R. Butterfly Conservation rfox@butterfly-conservation.org https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-3522 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Botham, M.S. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5276-1405 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Bourn, N.A.D. Butterfly Conservation nbourn@butterfly-conservation.org https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1416-6047 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Botham, M. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Butterfly Conservation info@butterfly-conservation.org owner Species Distribution theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication butterfly lepidopteran ecology GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Pollinators database moths trait trend otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Cook, P.M., Tordoff, G.M., Davis, A.M., Parsons, M.S., Dennis, E.B., Fox, R., Botham, M.S., Bourn, N.A.D. (2022). Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb textTable English utf8 biota 2022-01-01 2022-12-31 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb Download the data Download a copy of this data download dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Data were collated from a range of referenced sources as described in the metadata. Where required expert opinion was used to determine traits, for example regarding habitat.