#2402 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Small Tortoiseshell

🇳🇱 Kleine vos ·Aglais urticae

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © simben · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Dominik Hofer · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Jörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Thomas Bresson · CC BY 4.0
5. © Bart · CC BY 4.0
6. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Koos Uys · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Aglais_urticae_240606_2.JPG · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The small tortoiseshell ( Aglais urticae ) is a colourful Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

base stats

NL sightings 1,227iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 93,671iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1,227 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #18 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
93,671 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).