small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) Issued to publicize the Internation Stamp Exhibition, Budapest, September 23 - October 3, 1961
Denomination: 2.60 Forint
Date October 2010
Source Scanned by Darjac
Author Darjac (personal collection)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1398_Stamp_260.jpg
The small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is a colourful Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout temperate Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Siberia, China, Mongolia, Korea and Japan. The small tortoiseshell is the national butterfly of Denmark.
