Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae Linnaeus 1758

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Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell) is a species of butterflies in the family brush-footed butterflies. They visit flowers of bird's-eye speedwell, Lesser Celandine, Traveller's-joy, and Cornish heath.

EOL has data for 17 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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pathogen of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002556
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Aglais urticae Linnaeus 1758 (Small tortoiseshell)
cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Urtica
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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hide
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000053
- Definition: A skin obtained from animals for human use typically from deer or cattle sources used to produce leather, shoes, fashion accessories, musical instruments.
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Urtica dioica L. (Common Nettle)
overwintering life stage
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/OverwinteringStage
- Definition: number of generations or broods of an organism per year
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adult
- URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0001272
- Definition: A maturity quality inhering in an individual by virtue of the individual having attained sexual maturity and full growth
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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NHMUK
visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Prunus (plum)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Dianthus (pink)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Small tortoiseshell. View this species on GBIF

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Small tortoiseshell includes 13 children: