Aglais

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Nymphalini
Genus: Aglais
Species (8): A. caschmirensis – A. connexa – A. io – A. ladakensis – A. milberti – A. nixa – A. rizana – A. urticae
Name

Aglais Dalman, 1816

Type species: Papilio urticae Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Inachis Hübner, 1819. Type species: Papilio io Linnaeus, 1758. Synonymy in Wahlberg & Nylin, 2003.

References

Dalman, J.W. 1816. Försök till systematisk Uppställning af Sveriges Fjärillar. Kungliga svenska Vetenskaps Acadamiens Handlingar Serial 1b. 1816: 48–101, 199–225, 2 pls. Reference page.
Hübner, 1819. Verz. bekannter Schmett. 3: 37.
Wahlberg, N. & Nylin, S. 2003. Morphology versus molecules: resolution of the positions of Nymphalis, Polygonia, and related genera (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Cladistics 19: 213–223. DOI: 10.1016/S0748-3007(03)00027-6 Paywall. Reference page.

Vernacular names
čeština: babočka

Aglais is a Holarctic genus of brush-footed butterflies, containing the tortoiseshells. This genus is sometimes indicated as a subgenus of Nymphalis or simply being an unnecessary division from the genus Nymphalis,[1][2][3] which also includes tortoiseshells, but it is usually considered to be separate.[4] This proposed separate genus is also considered "brushfooted butterflies" historically together with the other or separate Nymphalis species.[1]
Species

Larvae	Butterfly	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Aglais ichnusa Hübner, 1819	Corsican small tortoiseshell	Corsica and Sardinia
		Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)[5]	European peacock butterfly	Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan.
		Aglais caschmirensis (Kollar, 1844)	Indian tortoiseshell	The Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim, Gissar Range- to Darvaz, Pamirs to Alay Mountains, Afghanistan, Pakistan, West China.
		Aglais ladakensis (Moore, 1882)	Ladakh tortoiseshell	Northern Himalayan ranges, Ladakh, Tibet, Chitral; Nilang Pass beyond Mussoorie; Sikkim, Chumbi valley.
		Aglais milberti (Godart, 1819)	Milbert's tortoiseshell or fire-rim tortoiseshell	Canada and Alaska, western United States
		Aglais rizana (Moore, 1872)	mountain tortoiseshell	Pamirs to Alay Range, Afghanistan, northwest Himalayas.
		Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)	small tortoiseshell	Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Siberia, China, Nepal, Sikkim Himalayas in India, Mongolia, Korea and Japan

References

Evans, Arthur V. (2008). National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spider of North America. p. 293. Sterling Publishing, London. ISBN 978-1-4027-4153-1.
Savela, Markku (28 April 2019). "Nymphalis Kluk, 1780". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
Hoskins, Adrian. "Milbert's Tortoiseshell". Butterflies of Mexico, USA & Canada.
Sadka, Mike. "LepIndex Home". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
Linnaeus, Carl; Salvius, Lars (1758). Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria naturae :secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (pdf) (in Latin). Vol. v.1. Holmiae : Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. p. 472. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542. hdl:2027/hvd.32044106464480. OCLC 499504699. Retrieved 15 March 2018.