Acara Acraea vs Floating Fern

Acraea acara compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Acara Acraea is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Acara Acraea	Floating Fern
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)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Acraea	Salvinia
Species	Acraea acara	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Acara Acraea

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Acara Acraea	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Acara Acraea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.