small tortoiseshell vs weeping willow

Aglais urticae compared with Salix babylonica

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while weeping willow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	weeping willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Salicaceae
Genus	Aglais	Salix
Species	Aglais urticae	Salix babylonica

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

weeping willow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	weeping willow
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.

weeping willow

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (16 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji, Tonga), and South America (5 countries).

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 16 countries:

🇦🇱 Albania 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy 🇲🇹 Malta 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇬🇧 United Kingdom