Aglais
Genus of butterflies
title: "Aglais" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["nymphalini", "nymphalidae-genera", "taxa-named-by-johan-wilhelm-dalman"] description: "Genus of butterflies" topic_path: "general/nymphalini" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglais" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of butterflies ::
| image = Small tortoiseshell butterfly (aglais urticae).jpg | image_caption = Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) on blackthorn in Otmoor, Oxfordshire, England | taxon = Aglais | authority = Dalman, 1816 | type_species =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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| Larvae | Butterfly | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:(MHNT) Aglais ichnusa ichnusa - Monte Spada Sardaigne Italie - male dorsal.jpg | 120px]] | Aglais ichnusa Bonelli, 1826 | Corsican small tortoiseshell | |
| [[File:2014.05.25.-05-Kirschgartshaeuser Schlaege Mannheim--Tagpfauenauge-Raupe.jpg | 120px]] | [[File:Tagpfauenauge.jpg | 120px]] | Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| [[File:Indian Tortoiseshell Aglais cashmiriensis by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN3268 (16).jpg | 120px]] | Aglais caschmirensis (Kollar, 1844) | Indian tortoiseshell | |
| [[File:(MHNT) Aglais ladakensis - ex larva -Gansu Xiahe Chine - male dorsal.jpg | 120px]] | Aglais ladakensis (Moore, 1882) | Ladakh tortoiseshell | |
| [[File:Nettlecaterpillers.jpg | 120px]] | [[File:Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti) - King's Cove, Newfoundland 2019-08-13 (05).jpg | 120px]] | Aglais milberti (Godart, 1819) |
| [[File:Aglais rizana.jpg | 120px]] | Aglais rizana (Moore, 1872) | mountain tortoiseshell | |
| [[File:Aglais urticae qtl3.jpg | 120px]] | [[File:Aglais urticae LC0310.jpg | 120px]] | Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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References
References
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- Savela, Markku. (28 April 2019). "''Nymphalis'' Kluk, 1780".
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- (1758). "Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria naturae :secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.". Holmiae : Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii.
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