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Tortoiseshells
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Tortoiseshells

Aglais

Aglais is a Holarctic genus of brush-footed butterflies, containing the tortoiseshells. This genus is sometimes included as a subgenus of Nymphalis, which also includes tortoiseshells, but it is usually considered to be separate.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

European Peacock Butterfly

speciesAglais io

Small Tortoiseshell

speciesAglais urticae

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

speciesAglais milberti

Indian Tortoiseshell

speciesAglais caschmirensis

Ladakh Tortoiseshell

speciesAglais ladakensis

Corsican Small Tortoiseshell

speciesAglais ichnusa

Mountain Tortoiseshell

speciesAglais rizana

Aglais nixa

speciesAglais nixa

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Tortoiseshells in Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.95

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54469.