Azorean predacious diving beetle vs Blue Lotus

Agabus godmanni compared with Nymphaea nouchali

Key Differences

• Azorean predacious diving beetle is Endangered while Blue Lotus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azorean predacious diving beetle	Blue Lotus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Nymphaeales (Nymphaeales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Nymphaeaceae
Genus	Agabus	Nymphaea
Species	Agabus godmanni	Nymphaea nouchali

Conservation Status

Azorean predacious diving beetle

EN — Endangered

Blue Lotus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azorean predacious diving beetle	Blue Lotus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Azorean predacious diving beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Portugal. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Blue Lotus

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms.

Range

Distributed across Comoros, Madagascar, and Maldives.

Azorean predacious diving beetle

The Azorean predacious diving beetle (Agabus godmanni) is a species in the genus Agabus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Blue Lotus

The Blue Lotus (Nymphaea nouchali) is a species in the genus Nymphaea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and .