small tortoiseshell vs Trailing indigo

Aglais urticae compared with Indigofera hendecaphylla

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Trailing indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Trailing indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Trailing indigo
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.

Trailing indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Comoros, Madagascar, Taiwan, and United States.

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.