small tortoiseshell vs Southern Damselfly

Aglais urticae compared with Coenagrion mercuriale

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Southern Damselfly is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Southern Damselfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (प्राणी)	Animalia (प्राणी)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (सन्धिपाद)	Arthropoda (सन्धिपाद)
Class same	Insecta (कीट)	Insecta (कीट)
Order	Lepidoptera (शल्कपंखी गण)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Aglais	Coenagrion
Species	Aglais urticae	Coenagrion mercuriale

Evolutionary Relationship

small tortoiseshell and Southern Damselfly share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (कीट)

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Southern Damselfly

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Southern Damselfly
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.

Southern Damselfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Luxembourg.

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇱🇺 Luxembourg