Tortoiseshell butterfly wing
- Description
- This is a part of the wing of the small tortoiseshell butterfly, viewed under a microscope.
- Accession Loan No.
- 263/1903/3500
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Common Name
- tortoiseshell butterfly wing
- Simple Name
- insect: butterfly
- Full Name
- NYMPHALIDAE: Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758): small tortoiseshell
- Dimensions
- glass slide length 3 in; glass slide W 1 in; glass slide TH > 1/16 in
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Family Group
- Phylum
- ARTHROPODA
- Family
- NYMPHALIDAE
- Genus
- Aglais
- Species
- urticae
