Echtes Veilchen vs Kleiner Fuchs

Viola tricolor compared with Aglais urticae

Key Differences

• Echtes Veilchen is Not Evaluated while Kleiner Fuchs is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Echtes Veilchen	Kleiner Fuchs
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighienartige)	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)
Family	Violaceae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Viola	Aglais
Species	Viola tricolor	Aglais urticae

Conservation Status

Echtes Veilchen

NE — Not Evaluated

Kleiner Fuchs

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Echtes Veilchen	Kleiner Fuchs
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Echtes Veilchen

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (Armenia, India, Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (5 countries).

Kleiner Fuchs

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.

Kleiner Fuchs

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 12 countries:

🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇮 Finland 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden