small tortoiseshell vs telinga-potato

Aglais urticae compared with Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while telinga-potato is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	telinga-potato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Araceae
Genus	Aglais	Amorphophallus
Species	Aglais urticae	Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

telinga-potato

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	telinga-potato
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.

telinga-potato

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Seychelles, Taiwan, and Tonga.

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.