alpine pussytoes vs False Dotted Border

Antennaria alpina compared with Belenois thysa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine pussytoes	False Dotted Border
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Pieridae
Genus	Antennaria	Belenois
Species	Antennaria alpina	Belenois thysa

Conservation Status

alpine pussytoes

LC — Least Concern

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine pussytoes	False Dotted Border
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine pussytoes

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

alpine pussytoes

The Alpine pussytoes (Antennaria alpina) is a species in the genus Antennaria. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.