small tortoiseshell vs Sugar Pine

Aglais urticae compared with Pinus lambertiana

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Sugar Pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Sugar Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (节肢动物门)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (昆蟲綱)	Pinopsida (松柏纲)
Order	Lepidoptera (鱗翅目)	Pinales (松柏目)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Aglais	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Aglais urticae	Pinus lambertiana

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Sugar Pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Sugar Pine
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.

Sugar Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Norway.

small tortoiseshell

小玳瑁蛱蝶(Aglais urticae)在IUCN红色名录中被列为近危(NT)物种。接近符合受威胁种标准，如无保护措施，种群可能变得脆弱。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway