small tortoiseshell vs Spathulate Botrychium

Aglais urticae compared with Botrychium spathulatum

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Spathulate Botrychium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Spathulate Botrychium
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Polypodiopsida (ウラボシ綱)
Order	Lepidoptera (チョウ目)	Ophioglossales (ハナヤスリ目)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Aglais	Botrychium
Species	Aglais urticae	Botrychium spathulatum

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Spathulate Botrychium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Spathulate Botrychium
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.

Spathulate Botrychium

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

small tortoiseshell

スモールトータスシェル(Aglais urticae)はIUCNレッドリストで準絶滅危惧(NT)に分類されている。絶滅危惧種に分類される一歩手前の段階で、保全措置がなければ脆弱になる可能性のある個体群を持つ。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway