small tortoiseshell vs wall scalewort

Aglais urticae compared with Porella platyphylla

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while wall scalewort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	wall scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Porellaceae
Genus	Aglais	Porella
Species	Aglais urticae	Porella platyphylla

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

wall scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	wall scalewort
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.

wall scalewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (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 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden