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title: "Sint-jansvlinder"
description: "Zygaena filipendulae — Insecten en spinnen. The six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/six-spot-burnet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sint-jansvlinder

> Zygaena filipendulae — Insecten en spinnen. The six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Zygaena filipendulae*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 33664
- Wikidata: [Q161497](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161497)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62083](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62083)

## Names

- en: Six-spot Burnet
- de: Sechsfleck-Widderchen
- es: Gitanilla de collar blanco
- fr: Zygène de la filipendule
- nl: Sint-jansvlinder
- pl: Kraśnik sześcioplamek

## Countries with the most observations

GB (6976), DE (2617), FR (2255), DK (1487), AT (1483), CZ (1413), IT (1401), RU (1002), CH (740), IE (606), NL (451), PL (320)

## Summary

The six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-spot_burnet

## Photo

![Sint-jansvlinder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/six-spot-burnet/medium.jpg)

Photo: MadMagpie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184134895

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/six-spot-burnet?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).