Bleeding Blue Tooth vs small tortoiseshell

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Aglais urticae

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	small tortoiseshell
Kingdom	Fungi (грибы)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (базидиомицеты)	Arthropoda (членистоногие)
Class	Agaricomycetes (агарикомицеты)	Insecta (насекомые)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Lepidoptera (чешуекрылые)
Family	Bankeraceae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Hydnellum	Aglais
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Aglais urticae

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	small tortoiseshell
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

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.

Bleeding Blue Tooth

The Bleeding Blue Tooth (Hydnellum cyanopodium) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

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.