#2427 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Buff-tip
🇳🇱 Wapendrager ·Phalera bucephala
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Saulius Černevičius · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Walwyn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © lastovka · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Rachel · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © sabine-g · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © sariai · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Jessica Sharp · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The buff-tip ( Phalera bucephala ) is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found throughout Europe, Mongolia.
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 578 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #43 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
- 22,532 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Buff-tip
- Nederlands
- Wapendrager
- scientific name
- Phalera bucephala
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Notodontidae
- sightings in NL
- 578
- sightings in Europe
- 20,307
- sightings worldwide
- 22,532
- GBIF records in NL
- 49,929
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Notodontidae
#2480 📷 10Oak Processionary
🇳🇱 Eikenprocessierups
Thaumetopoea processionea
👀 302 in NL
#2572 📷 10Iron Prominent
🇳🇱 Dromedaris
Notodonta dromedarius
👀 141 in NL
#2593 📷 7Coxcomb Prominent
🇳🇱 Kroonvogeltje
Ptilodon capucina
👀 123 in NL
#2604 📷 9Pebble Prominent
🇳🇱 Kameeltje
Notodonta ziczac
👀 116 in NL
#2615 📷 9Swallow Prominent
🇳🇱 Brandvlerkvlinder
Pheosia tremula
👀 107 in NL
#2635 📷 8Lesser Swallow Prominent
🇳🇱 Berkenbrandvlerkvlinder
Pheosia gnoma
👀 92 in NL
#2662 📷 10oak marbled brown
🇳🇱 Witlijntandvlinder
Drymonia querna
👀 82 in NL
#2665 📷 10Puss Moth
🇳🇱 Hermelijnvlinder
Cerura vinula
👀 79 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 55361, Wikidata Q1621049, GBIF 5119245, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.