small tortoiseshell vs Wrinkled medick

Aglais urticae compared with Medicago rugosa

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Wrinkled medick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Wrinkled medick
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Lepidoptera (チョウ目)	Fabales (マメ目)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Fabaceae
Genus	Aglais	Medicago
Species	Aglais urticae	Medicago rugosa

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Wrinkled medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Wrinkled medick
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.

Wrinkled medick

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇬🇧 United Kingdom