Aglais

Aglais
Small tortoiseshell ( Aglais urticae ) on blackthorn in Otmoor, Oxfordshire, England
Scientific classification
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
		Aglais ichnusa Bonelli, 1826	Corsican small tortoiseshell	Corsica and Sardinia
		Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758) [5]	European peacock butterfly	Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan.
		Aglais caschmirensis (Kollar, 1844)	Indian tortoiseshell	The Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim, Gissar Range- to Darvaz, Pamirs to Alay Mountains, Afghanistan, Pakistan, West China.
		Aglais ladakensis (Moore, 1882)	Ladakh tortoiseshell	Northern Himalayan ranges, Ladakh, Tibet, Chitral; Nilang Pass beyond Mussoorie; Sikkim, Chumbi valley.
		Aglais milberti (Godart, 1819)	Milbert's tortoiseshell or fire-rim tortoiseshell	Canada and Alaska, western United States
		Aglais rizana (Moore, 1872)	mountain tortoiseshell	Pamirs to Alay Range, Afghanistan, northwest Himalayas.
		Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)	small tortoiseshell	Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Siberia, China, Nepal, Sikkim, Pakistan, Northern India, Mongolia, Korea and Japan

References

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" ^[usurped] . Butterflies of Mexico, USA & Canada.
4. Sadka, Mike. "LepIndex Home". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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). Vol. 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.