Biology:Aglais

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Aglais
Small tortoiseshell butterfly (aglais urticae).jpg
Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) on blackthorn in Otmoor, Oxfordshire, England
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Aglais
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,[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

Larvae Butterfly Scientific name Common name Distribution
(MHNT) Aglais ichnusa ichnusa - Monte Spada Sardaigne Italie - male dorsal.jpg Aglais ichnusa Hübner, 1819 Corsican small tortoiseshell Corsica and Sardinia
2014.05.25.-05-Kirschgartshaeuser Schlaege Mannheim--Tagpfauenauge-Raupe.jpg 120px Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)[5] European peacock butterfly Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan.
Indian Tortoiseshell Aglais cashmiriensis by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN3268 (16).jpg Aglais caschmirensis (Kollar, 1844) Indian tortoiseshell The Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim, Gissar Range- to Darvaz, Pamirs to Alay Mountains, Afghanistan, Pakistan, West China.
(MHNT) Aglais ladakensis - ex larva -Gansu Xiahe Chine - male dorsal.jpg Aglais ladakensis (Moore, 1882) Ladakh tortoiseshell Northern Himalayan ranges, Ladakh, Tibet, Chitral; Nilang Pass beyond Mussoorie; Sikkim, Chumbi valley.
Nettlecaterpillers.jpg 120px Aglais milberti (Godart, 1819) Milbert's tortoiseshell or fire-rim tortoiseshell Canada and Alaska, western United States
Aglais rizana.jpg Aglais rizana (Moore, 1872) mountain tortoiseshell Pamirs to Alay Range, Afghanistan, northwest Himalayas.
Aglais urticae qtl3.jpg 120px Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) small tortoiseshell Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Siberia, China, Nepal, Sikkim, Pakistan, Northern India, Mongolia, Korea and Japan

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/nymphalis/. 
  3. Hoskins, Adrian. "Milbert's Tortoiseshell". Butterflies of Mexico, USA & Canada.
  4. Sadka, Mike. "LepIndex Home". http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/lepindex/. 
  5. Linnaeus, Carl; Salvius, Lars (1758) (in Latin) (pdf). Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria naturae :secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.. v.1. Holmiae : Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. p. 472. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542. OCLC 499504699. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727383. Retrieved 15 March 2018. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q32469 entry