small tortoiseshell vs snot berry

Aglais urticae compared with Cordia monoica

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while snot berry is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	snot berry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Cordiaceae
Genus	Aglais	Cordia
Species	Aglais urticae	Cordia monoica

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

snot berry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	snot berry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

snot berry

Habitat

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

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.