small tortoiseshell vs white copal

Aglais urticae compared with Zanthoxylum riedelianum

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while white copal is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	white copal
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Rutaceae
Genus	Aglais	Zanthoxylum
Species	Aglais urticae	Zanthoxylum riedelianum

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

white copal

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	white copal
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.

white copal

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.