small tortoiseshell vs Spanish elm

Aglais urticae compared with Cordia alliodora

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Spanish elm is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Spanish elm
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 alliodora

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Spanish elm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Spanish elm
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.

Spanish elm

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.