small tortoiseshell vs Tartar Maple

Aglais urticae compared with Acer tataricum

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Tartar Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Tartar Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (động vật)	Plantae (thực vật)
Phylum	Arthropoda (động vật Chân khớp)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (côn trùng)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (bộ Cánh vảy)	Sapindales (bộ Bồ hòn)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Aglais	Acer
Species	Aglais urticae	Acer tataricum

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Tartar Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Tartar Maple
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.

Tartar Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia), Europe (10 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 10 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden