Species Detail - Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Species image
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Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell
NHMSYS0000501034
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
agurt
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - butterfly
Species
9065
195
80
02/04/2008
29/09/2020
1 January (recorded in 2013)
31 December (recorded in 1991)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Irish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/316/Species/77199