small tortoiseshell vs Thistle Rust

Aglais urticae compared with Puccinia suaveolens

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Thistle Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Thistle Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Lepidoptera (チョウ目)	Pucciniales (サビキン目)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Aglais	Puccinia
Species	Aglais urticae	Puccinia suaveolens

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Thistle Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Thistle Rust
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.

Thistle Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across 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