A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Pyrgus armoricanus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens224
BINs3
Marker genes1
eDNA detections241
Countries19
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus210 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 18 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)1.1%
Haplotypes22
BINs3
Most divergent pair3.3%
EuropeAsia
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type20 607 records
Wild obs. + sensor18 088
Museum / vouchered1 991
Cultivated / captive189
Other339
Origin
Native2 631
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO29 712 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy35% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 681≤1 km 1 932≤10 km 10 068>10 km 180
15 861 georeferenced · 2 227 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor18 088
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy16% within 1 km
≤100 m 27≤1 km 189≤10 km 1 138>10 km 5
1 359 georeferenced · 632 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 991
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 189 records without
Open the mapnot free-living189
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions16 of 47 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
UMUlocation not on record
393
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
236
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
69
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
67
Salzburg, AT
47
Zürich, CH
42
Geneva, CH
29
Dhaka, BD
28
Bern, CH
25
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
24
Cambridge, US
17
Helsinki, FI
15
Tartu, EE
14
Edmonton, CA
13
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
13
Brussels, BE
12
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record
11
Brussel, BE
10
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
9
NMOKlocation not on record
8
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
7
MZLUlocation not on record
6
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
5
Nijmegen, NL
5
ZSMlocation not on record
3
SFRAlocation not on record
3
Research Collection of Ernst Brockmannlocation not on record
3
South Kensington, GB
3
University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record
3
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
3
Natural History Museum of Neuchatellocation not on record
2
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
2
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
2
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
2
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
2
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
2
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
2
Sion, CH
2
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Butterfly Diversity and Evolution Lablocation not on record
2
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
1
UGRlocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Patrick Groslocation not on record
1
Winterthur, CH
1
Paro, BT
1
Landesmuseum Kaerntenlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
47 institutions · 1 150 of 1 991 vouchered records shown · 841 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA241 detections
Where the DNA of Pyrgus armoricanus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found241
Studies independent surveys1
Countries19
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 241 detections have coordinates
Open the map19 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median16.7 °C 9.10–22.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.8 °C
Max temp (day)21.2 °C 13.1–27.5
Min temp (night)10.8 °C 4.10–17.7
Precipitation55.2 mm/mo 22.1–114
Air humidity57.5 % 50.8–62.3
Moisture balance-62.5 mm/mo -142–31.3
Vapour deficit827 Pa 491–1,255
Wind speed3.00 m/s 1.80–4.70
Cloud cover35.3 % 21.0–43.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 239 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility20 607 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI241 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics224 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗