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Taxon profile

genus

Tortoiseshells
Aglais Dalman, 1816

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Nymphalidae - brushfoots »  tribus Nymphalini

Temporal range:Tertiary > Neogene > Miocene > Langhian – recent
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Included taxa

Number of records: 6

species Aglais caschmirensis (Kollar, 1844) - Indian Tortoiseshell

Aglais caschmirensis

species Aglais ladakensis (Moore, 1878) - Ladakh tortoiseshell

Aglais ladakensis

species Aglais milberti (Godart, 1819) - Fire-rim Tortoiseshell
species Aglais rizana (Moore, 1872) - Mountain Tortoiseshell
species Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) - Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae


Fossil taxa

species Aglais karaganica (Nekrutenko, 1965)
Tertiary: Langhian

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Explanations

extinct taxon