Bad-smelling Alkanet vs pale shoulder

Alkanna maleolens compared with Acontia lucida

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while pale shoulder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	pale shoulder
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Noctuidae
Genus	Alkanna	Acontia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Acontia lucida

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

pale shoulder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	pale shoulder
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.

pale shoulder

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Portugal, 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.