Species Detail - Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "5-visit Butterfly Monitoring Scheme".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

Species image

Aglais urticae
Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell
N/A
N/A
agurt
(Linnaeus, 1758)
insect - butterfly
Species
723
77
38
03/05/2017
17/09/2021
1 January (recorded in 2013)
31 December (recorded in 1991)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, 5-visit Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/360/Species/77199>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), image, accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/360/Species/77199>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), image, accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/360/Species/77199>