Blue Devil vs small tortoiseshell

Echium vulgare compared with Aglais urticae

Key Differences

Blue Devil is Least Concern while small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Devil	small tortoiseshell
Kingdom	Plantae (bitki)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Eklem bacaklılar)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (böcek)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Pul kanatlılar)
Family	Boraginaceae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Echium	Aglais
Species	Echium vulgare	Aglais urticae

Conservation Status

Blue Devil

LC — Least Concern

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Devil	small tortoiseshell
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Devil

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Uzbekistan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

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.

Blue Devil

The Blue Devil (Echium vulgare) is a species in the genus Echium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

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.