Fish-bone Cassia vs small tortoiseshell

Chamaecrista mimosoides compared with Aglais urticae

Key Differences

• Fish-bone Cassia is Least Concern while small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fish-bone Cassia	small tortoiseshell
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)	Arthropoda (членистоногие)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (насекомые)
Order	Fabales (бобовоцветные)	Lepidoptera (чешуекрылые)
Family	Fabaceae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Chamaecrista	Aglais
Species	Chamaecrista mimosoides	Aglais urticae

Conservation Status

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fish-bone Cassia	small tortoiseshell
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

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.

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.