Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: Rhopalocera (Butterflies)
Family: Nymphalidae (Brush-footed butterflies)
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Genus: Aglais
Species: Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell)
Norwegian name: Neslesommerfugl
Host plants: Common Nettle (Urtica dioica), Humulus lupulus, Urtica
Confusion species: Nymphalis polychloros (Large Tortoiseshell)