small tortoiseshell vs Utteridge's rough tree fern

Aglais urticae compared with Dicksonia utteridgei

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Utteridge's rough tree fern is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Utteridge's rough tree fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Cyatheales (Cyatheales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Dicksoniaceae
Genus	Aglais	Dicksonia
Species	Aglais urticae	Dicksonia utteridgei

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Utteridge's rough tree fern

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Utteridge's rough tree fern
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.

Utteridge's rough tree fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

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.