Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Corsican Grayling

Alkanna maleolens compared with Hipparchia neomiris

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Corsican Grayling is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Corsican Grayling
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Alkanna	Hipparchia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Hipparchia neomiris

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Corsican Grayling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Corsican Grayling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

Corsican Grayling

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across France and Italy.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.