small tortoiseshell vs Violet checkered beetle

Aglais urticae compared with Necrobia violacea

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Violet checkered beetle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Violet checkered beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Cleridae
Genus	Aglais	Necrobia
Species	Aglais urticae	Necrobia violacea

Evolutionary Relationship

small tortoiseshell and Violet checkered beetle share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Violet checkered beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Violet checkered beetle
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.

Violet checkered beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and North America (Canada, 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 10 countries:

🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇮 Finland 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland