Aglais

Aglais
	Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) on blackthorn in Otmoor, Oxfordshire, England
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Nymphalini
Genus:	Aglais; Dalman, 1816

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,[1][2][3] which also includes tortoiseshells, but it is usually considered to be separate.[4] This proposed separate genus is also considered "brushfooted butterflies" historically together with the other or separate Nymphalis species.[1]

Species

Aglais ichnusa Hübner, 1819 – Corsican small tortoiseshell
Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)[5] - European peacock butterfly
Aglais caschmirensis (Kollar, 1844) – Indian tortoiseshell
Aglais ladakensis (Moore, 1882) – Ladakh tortoiseshell
Aglais milberti (Godart, 1819) – Milbert's tortoiseshell or fire-rim tortoiseshell
Aglais rizana (Moore, 1872) – mountain tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) – small tortoiseshell

Images of notable species

Indian tortoiseshell (Aglais caschmirensis)
Mountain tortoiseshell (Aglais rizana)
Ladakh tortoiseshell (Aglais ladakensis)
Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
Milbert's tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Peacock (Aglais io)

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). 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.

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[Evans-1] 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.

[2] Savela, Markku (28 April 2019). "Nymphalis Kluk, 1780". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[3] Hoskins, Adrian. "Milbert's Tortoiseshell". Butterflies of Mexico, USA & Canada.

[4] Sadka, Mike. "LepIndex Home". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

[SN10-5] 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). 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.