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| Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) on blackthorn in Otmoor, Oxfordshire, England | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Nymphalini |
| Genus: | Aglais Dalman, 1816 |
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| Aglais urticae | |
Aglais is a Holarctic genus of brush-footed butterflies, containing the tortoiseshells. This genus is sometimes indicated as a subgenus of Nymphalis or simply being an unnecessary division from the genus Nymphalis, which also includes tortoiseshells, but it is usually considered to be separate. This proposed separate genus is also considered "brushfooted butterflies" historically together with the other or separate Nymphalis species.
Species
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Aglais ichnusa Bonelli, 1826 | Corsican small tortoiseshell | Corsica and Sardinia | |
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Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758) | European peacock butterfly | Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. |
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Aglais caschmirensis (Kollar, 1844) | Indian tortoiseshell | The Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim, Gissar Range- to Darvaz, Pamirs to Alay Mountains, Afghanistan, Pakistan, West China. | |
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Aglais ladakensis (Moore, 1882) | Ladakh tortoiseshell | Northern Himalayan ranges, Ladakh, Tibet, Chitral; Nilang Pass beyond Mussoorie; Sikkim, Chumbi valley. | |
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Aglais milberti (Godart, 1819) | Milbert's tortoiseshell or fire-rim tortoiseshell | Canada and Alaska, western United States |
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Aglais rizana (Moore, 1872) | mountain tortoiseshell | Pamirs to Alay Range, Afghanistan, northwest Himalayas. | |
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Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) | small tortoiseshell | Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Siberia, China, Nepal, Sikkim, Pakistan, Northern India, Mongolia, Korea and Japan |
References
- ^ Evans, Arthur V. (2008). National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spider of North America. p. 293. Sterling Publishing, London. ISBN 978-1-4027-4153-1.
- Savela, Markku (28 April 2019). "Nymphalis Kluk, 1780". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- Hoskins, Adrian. "Milbert's Tortoiseshell". Butterflies of Mexico, USA & Canada.
- Sadka, Mike. "LepIndex Home". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- Linnaeus, Carl; Salvius, Lars (1758). Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria naturae :secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (pdf) (in Latin). Vol. v.1. Holmiae : Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. p. 472. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542. hdl:2027/hvd.32044106464480. OCLC 499504699. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
External links
- "Taxonomy Browser: Aglais". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved April 19, 2020. With images.