small tortoiseshell vs Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot

Aglais urticae compared with Ranunculus trichophyllus

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Aglais	Ranunculus
Species	Aglais urticae	Ranunculus trichophyllus

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot
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.

Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, 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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden