Aglais
Genus of butterflies
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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]
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| 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 |
| Type species | |
| Aglais urticae | |
Species
| Larvae | Butterfly | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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_Aglais_ichnusa_ichnusa_-_Monte_Spada_Sardaigne_Italie_-_male_dorsal.jpg) | 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. |
.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. | |
_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. | |
 | _-_King's_Cove,_Newfoundland_2019-08-13_(05).jpg) | 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 |
