Asian swordfern vs Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Nephrolepis brownii compared with Anostirus castaneus

Key Differences

• Asian swordfern is Not Evaluated while Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian swordfern	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Elateridae
Genus	Nephrolepis	Anostirus
Species	Nephrolepis brownii	Anostirus castaneus

Conservation Status

Asian swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian swordfern	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Asian swordfern

The Asian swordfern (Nephrolepis brownii) is a species in the genus Nephrolepis. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Widely distributed across Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.