small tortoiseshell vs Vegetable fern

Aglais urticae compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Aglais	Diplazium
Species	Aglais urticae	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Vegetable 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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, 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.