#2963 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Scarlet Tiger
🇳🇱 Bonte beer ·Callimorpha dominula
📍 England, GB
📍 40063 Monghidoro BO, Italia
📍 Ардатов, Нижегородская обл., Россия, 607130
📍 953, Полесье Снт, Московская обл., Россия, 143340
📍 Jennersdorf, Österreich
📍 7 Pow's Road, Bristol, England, GB
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © carnifex · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Giedrius Bružas · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Dluogs · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. England, GB:© magikarp99 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 40063 Monghidoro BO, Italia:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. Ардатов, Нижегородская обл., Россия, 607130:© adity14 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 953, Полесье Снт, Московская обл., Россия, 143340:© vlad177 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Jennersdorf, Österreich:© lastovka · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 7 Pow's Road, Bristol, England, GB:© fatpoppycat · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The scarlet tiger moth ( Callimorpha dominula , formerly Panaxia dominula ) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae....
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 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 13,894 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Scarlet Tiger
- Nederlands
- Bonte beer
- scientific name
- Callimorpha dominula
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- sightings in NL
- 2
- sightings in Europe
- 13,103
- sightings worldwide
- 13,894
- GBIF records in NL
- 234
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 125312, Wikidata Q1478584, GBIF 4532534, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.