Aglais

Aglais
Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) on Blackthorn in Otmoor, Oxfordshire
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Tribe:	Nymphalini
Genus:	Aglais Dalman, 1816

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.

Indian Tortoiseshell (Aglais kaschmirensis)

Mountain Tortoiseshell (Aglais rizana)

Ladakh Tortoiseshell (Aglais ladakensis)

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Peacock (Aglais io)

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