Bad-smelling Alkanet vs purple marbled

Alkanna maleolens compared with Eublemma ostrina

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while purple marbled is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	purple marbled
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	Eublemma
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Eublemma ostrina

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

purple marbled

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	purple marbled
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.

purple marbled

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Algeria, Belgium, Denmark, 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.