dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66 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 2025-11-13T16:17:28 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024 2025-08-12 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66 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. (2025). Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66 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. This is the updated version of the dataset, incorporating additions and corrections compared to previous versions (https://doi.org/10.5285/5b5a13b6-2304-47e3-9c9d-35237d1232c6 & https://doi.org/10.5285/33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66 Botham, M. 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 pointOfContact 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 info@butterfly-conservation.org author Davis, A.M. Butterfly Conservation info@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 info@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 NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Butterfly Conservation EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Habitats and Biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Biodiversity database butterflies ecology Lepidoptera 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. (2025). Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66 textTable 100 English utf8 biota 2024-01-01 2024-12-31 -10.237 1.768 49.951 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information 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.