Firewheel vs small tortoiseshell

Gaillardia pulchella compared with Aglais urticae

Key Differences

• Firewheel is Not Evaluated while small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Firewheel	small tortoiseshell
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Gaillardia	Aglais
Species	Gaillardia pulchella	Aglais urticae

Conservation Status

Firewheel

NE — Not Evaluated

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Firewheel	small tortoiseshell
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Firewheel

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Kiribati, Palau), and South America (Colombia).

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.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 15 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇷 France 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇷🇺 Russia 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇬🇧 United Kingdom