Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Mottled Emigrant

Alkanna maleolens compared with Catopsilia pyranthe

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Mottled Emigrant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Mottled Emigrant
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	Catopsilia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Catopsilia pyranthe

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Mottled Emigrant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Mottled Emigrant
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.

Mottled Emigrant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Sweden.

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.