Butterfly or moth
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae · Nymphalidae · Lepidoptera
Best monthsJun–Augmost records
Records2,612,176in 46 countries
Most seen inUnited Kingdom1,413,537 records
Red List–IUCN status
About
Small Tortoiseshell in brief
The small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is a butterfly or moth of the Nymphalidae family — species of insect.
Across the 46 countries we cover it has 2,612,176 published records, most of them from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Switzerland. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in June, July and August and fall to their lowest in January and December.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
United Kingdom1,413,537 records · best Jul, Aug
Netherlands278,330 records · best Aug, Jun
Switzerland209,298 records · best Jun, Jul
Finland130,880 records · best Jul, Aug
France112,491 records · best Jun, Jul
Sweden93,926 records · best Jul, Aug
Germany84,383 records · best Jun, Jul
Belgium74,271 records · best Aug, Jul
Denmark65,716 records · best Aug, Jul
Ireland32,531 records · best Aug, Sep
Austria29,020 records · best Jun, Jul
Norway25,874 records · best Aug, Jul
Russia13,630 records · best Jun, Apr
Spain11,026 records · best Jun, Jul
Luxembourg8,685 records · best Jun, Jul
Poland7,430 records · best Jul, Aug
Italy6,219 records · best Jun, Jul
Estonia3,747 records · best Jul, Jun
Lithuania2,557 records · best Jun, Jul
Serbia1,847 records · best Jun, Jul
Czechia1,716 records · best Jun, Jul
Türkiye579 records · best Jul, Jun
Romania449 records · best Jul, Jun
China385 records · best Jul, Jun
Liechtenstein374 records · best Jun, Jul
Slovenia366 records · best Jun, Jul
Georgia363 records · best Jul, Apr
Bulgaria341 records · best Jun, Jul
Andorra308 records · best Jul, Jun
Kazakhstan293 records · best May, Apr
Slovakia287 records · best Aug, Jul
Belarus270 records · best Jul, Aug
Mongolia218 records · best Jun, Aug
Latvia173 records · best Aug, Jul
Armenia123 records · best Jun, Jul
Kyrgyzstan101 records · best Jun, Jul
North Macedonia98 records · best Jun, Jul
Montenegro95 records · best Jun, Jul
Iran75 records · best Jun, Jul
Albania61 records · best Jul, Jun
Kosovo34 records · best Nov, Jun
Bosnia and Herzegovina25 records · best Jun, Jul
Iceland22 records · best Aug, Dec
North Korea12 records · best Jul, Aug
Azerbaijan9 records · best May, Apr
San Marino1 records · best Mar, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
Relatives
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