Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Green Emerald Damselfly

Alkanna maleolens compared with Chalcolestes viridis

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Green Emerald Damselfly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Green Emerald Damselfly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Boraginaceae	Lestidae
Genus	Alkanna	Chalcolestes
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Chalcolestes viridis

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Green Emerald Damselfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Green Emerald Damselfly
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.

Green Emerald Damselfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Denmark.

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.