small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) Scanned and archived at www.OldBookArt.com where it was marked as public domain from Europas bekannteste Schmetterlinge. Beschreibung der wichtigsten Arten und Anleitung zur Kenntnis und zum Sammeln der Schmetterlinge und Raupen (Berlin, 1895).
Date 2 March 2012
Source http://www.gallery.oldbookart.com/main.php?g2_itemId=19715
Author Dr. F. Nemos
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F_Nemos_OBA_Aglais_urticae.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.