#2814 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Clouded Magpie
🇳🇱 Porseleinvlinder ·Abraxas sylvata
📍 7958 Koekange, Nederland
📍 Lisse, Nederland
📍 6369 Simpelveld, Nederland
📍 Warnsveld, Nederland
📍 Goirle, NL-NB, NL
📍 Koekange, Nederland
📍 Appelscha
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Anne · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © brudermann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Maris Pukitis · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. 7958 Koekange, Nederland:© Jeroen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Lisse, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 6. 6369 Simpelveld, Nederland:© Arnold Wijker · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Warnsveld, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Goirle, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Koekange, Nederland:© René Manger · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Appelscha:© jodyanke · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Abraxas sylvata , the clouded magpie , is a moth of the family Geometridae that was named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 40 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,826 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Clouded Magpie
- Nederlands
- Porseleinvlinder
- scientific name
- Abraxas sylvata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 40
- sightings in Europe
- 3,784
- sightings worldwide
- 4,826
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,201
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
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👀 977 in NL
#2408 📷 7Yellow Shell Moth
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Camptogramma bilineata
👀 893 in NL
#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
🇳🇱 Paardenbloemspanner
Idaea seriata
👀 889 in NL
#2412 📷 10Willow Beauty
🇳🇱 Schaduwspikkelspanner
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
👀 725 in NL
#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
🇳🇱 Zwartkamdwergspanner
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
👀 668 in NL
#2435 📷 8Single-dotted Wave
🇳🇱 Vlekstipspanner
Idaea dimidiata
👀 509 in NL
#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
🇳🇱 Gewone spikkelspanner
Ectropis crepuscularia
👀 486 in NL
#2444 📷 10Brimstone Moth
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👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 52429, Wikidata Q2126088, GBIF 1967815, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.