Small tortoiseshell

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phylum Arthropoda The Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae L.) is a colourful Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is a medium-sized butterfly that is mainly reddish-orange in colour, with black and yellow markings on the forewings as well as a ring of blue spots around the edge of the wings. It is found throughout temperate Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Siberia, China, Mongolia, Korea and Japan.


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Class Insecta
order Lepidoptera
family Nymphalidae
genus Aglais
species A. urticae