small tortoiseshell vs St. John's wort root borer

Aglais urticae compared with Agrilus hyperici

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while St. John's wort root borer is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	St. John's wort root borer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Buprestidae
Genus	Aglais	Agrilus
Species	Aglais urticae	Agrilus hyperici

Evolutionary Relationship

small tortoiseshell and St. John's wort root borer share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

St. John's wort root borer

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	St. John's wort root borer
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.

St. John's wort root borer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and United States.

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 3 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland