small tortoiseshell vs Tiered Tooth

Aglais urticae compared with Hericium cirrhatum

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Tiered Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Tiered Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (प्राणी)	Fungi (फफूंद)
Phylum	Arthropoda (सन्धिपाद)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (कीट)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Lepidoptera (शल्कपंखी गण)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Hericiaceae
Genus	Aglais	Hericium
Species	Aglais urticae	Hericium cirrhatum

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Tiered Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Tiered Tooth
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.

Tiered Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden