''Aglais'' is a
Holarctic genus of
brush-footed butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
, containing the tortoiseshells. This genus is sometimes indicated as a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
of ''
Nymphalis'' or simply being an unnecessary division from the genus ''Nymphalis'',
[Evans, Arthur V. (2008). ''National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spider of North America''. p. 293. Sterling Publishing, London. .] which also includes tortoiseshells, but it is usually considered to be separate.
This proposed separate genus is also considered "brushfooted butterflies" historically together with the other or separate ''Nymphalis'' species.
Species
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Nymphalini
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Johan Wilhelm Dalman
