Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Small Tortoiseshell)

Interactions where Aglais urticae is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Compsilura concinnata a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Compsilura concinnata/Compsilura concinnataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Aglais urticae/Aglais urticaesmall tortoiseshelllarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe nemea a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phryxe nemea/Phryxe nemeaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Aglais urticae/Aglais urticaesmall tortoiseshelllarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of usually gregarious larva Major Phryxe vulgaris a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phryxe vulgaris/Phryxe vulgarisa parasitoid flyusually gregariouslarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Aglais urticae/Aglais urticaesmall tortoiseshelllarvaMajor usually gregarious larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Pales pavida a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Pales pavida/Pales pavidaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Aglais urticae/Aglais urticaesmall tortoiseshelllarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva UK/Ireland Sturmia bella a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Why is the Small Tortoiseshell declining?, Lewis, O. & Hamer, N., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Sturmia bella/Sturmia bellaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Aglais urticae/Aglais urticaesmall tortoiseshelllarva (6-7)8(9)larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Solieria pacifica a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Solieria pacifica/Solieria pacificaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Aglais urticae/Aglais urticaesmall tortoiseshelllarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Pelatachina tibialis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Pelatachina tibialis/Pelatachina tibialisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Aglais urticae/Aglais urticaesmall tortoiseshelllarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Lewis, O. & Hamer, N., 2009Why is the Small Tortoiseshell declining?users.ox.ac.uk/~zool0376/Sturmia_bella_report_May09.pdf?

Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Aglais urticae ab. ichneusa
a small tortoisehell
Aberration 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell)
TribeNymphalini (nymphalid butterflies)
SubfamilyNYMPHALINAE (nymphalid butterflies)
FamilyNYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Clark, H. 2003 Hibernating Small Tortoiseshells Vol 14, No. 4 Page: 280
Revels, R. 2008 Small Tortoiseshell Vol 20, No. 1 Page: 53

Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Pathology

Audusseau, H., Baudrin, G., Shaw, M.R., Keehnen, N.L.P., Schmucki, R. & Dupont, L. 2020 Ecology and genetic structure of the parasitoid Phobocampe confusa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in relation to its hosts, Aglais species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Insects Vol 11 (478): 1-18.
Coelho, S. 2011 Parasite implicated in decline of Small Tortoiseshell butterfly planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=959
Lewis, O. & Hamer, N. 2009 Why is the Small Tortoiseshell declining? users.ox.ac.uk/~zool0376/Sturmia_bella_report_May09.pdf?

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 53 images of Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell)
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