small tortoiseshell vs spreading fantails

Aglais urticae compared with Sida abutifolia

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while spreading fantails is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	spreading fantails
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Malvaceae
Genus	Aglais	Sida
Species	Aglais urticae	Sida abutifolia

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

spreading fantails

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	spreading fantails
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.

spreading fantails

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.