small tortoiseshell vs Sugar Apple

Aglais urticae compared with Annona mucosa

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Sugar Apple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Sugar Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Annonaceae
Genus	Aglais	Annona
Species	Aglais urticae	Annona mucosa

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Sugar Apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Sugar Apple
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.

Sugar Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bolivia, 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.