small tortoiseshell vs toy-cypress

Aglais urticae compared with Crassula muscosa

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while toy-cypress is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	toy-cypress
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Crassulaceae
Genus	Aglais	Crassula
Species	Aglais urticae	Crassula muscosa

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

toy-cypress

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	toy-cypress
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.

toy-cypress

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, France, and Italy.

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:

🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy