Adriatic soapwort vs small tortoiseshell

Saponaria calabrica compared with Aglais urticae

Key Differences

Adriatic soapwort is Not Evaluated while small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adriatic soapwort	small tortoiseshell
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Saponaria	Aglais
Species	Saponaria calabrica	Aglais urticae

Conservation Status

Adriatic soapwort

NE — Not Evaluated

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adriatic soapwort	small tortoiseshell
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adriatic soapwort

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Australia and Sweden.

small tortoiseshell

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (41 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Adriatic soapwort

The Adriatic soapwort (Saponaria calabrica) is a species in the genus Saponaria. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Australia and Sweden.

small tortoiseshell

small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List. Close to qualifying as threatened, with populations that may become vulnerable without conservation action.