small tortoiseshell en · NOUN
Meanings
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The colourful butterfly Aglais urticae, of the family Nymphalidae.
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%).
2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian:
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| small tortoiseshells | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
ga ruán beag (butterfly) · cs babočka kopřivová (butterfly) · cy trilliw bach (butterfly) · ja 小緋縅 (butterfly) · de Kleiner Fuchs (butterfly) · ru крапи́вница обыкнове́нная (butterfly) · pl rusałka pokrzywnik (butterfly) · tr küçük iparhan (butterfly) · nl kleine vos (butterfly) · uk сонцевик кропив'яний (butterfly) · ru крапи́вница (butterfly) · ca papallona de les ortigues (butterfly) · fi nokkosperhonen (butterfly) · sk babôčka pŕhľavová (butterfly) · sv nässelfjäril (butterfly) · udm гордбубыли (butterfly)