Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Eastern Orange Tip

Alkanna maleolens compared with Anthocharis damone

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Eastern Orange Tip is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Eastern Orange Tip
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Pieridae
Genus	Alkanna	Anthocharis
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Anthocharis damone

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Eastern Orange Tip

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Eastern Orange Tip
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.

Eastern Orange Tip

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Albania, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, and Serbia.

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.