small tortoiseshell

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Noun

small tortoiseshell (plural small tortoiseshells)

  1. The colourful butterfly Aglais urticae, of the family Nymphalidae.
    • 2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 October 2026:
      Researchers found that 15 of 17 species which commonly live on farmland – including the small tortoiseshell, small skipper and wall butterfly – show declines associated with increasing neonic use. […] Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell (64%), the wall brown (37%) and the large skipper (35%).

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