Acara Acraea vs Dwarf Water Clover

Acraea acara compared with Marsilea minuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Acara Acraea Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Tracheophyta
Class Insecta (Insects) Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) Marsileaceae
Genus Acraea Marsilea
Species Acraea acara Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

Acara Acraea

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Acara Acraea Dwarf Water Clover
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Acara Acraea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Acara Acraea

The Acara Acraea (Acraea acara) is a species in the genus Acraea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It typically inhabits diverse terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Habitat records describe it as occurring in diverse terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Dwarf Water Clover

No description available.

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