Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Trimen's Dotted Border

Alkanna maleolens compared with Mylothris trimenia

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Trimen's Dotted Border is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Trimen's Dotted Border
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	Mylothris
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Mylothris trimenia

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Trimen's Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Trimen's Dotted Border
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.

Trimen's Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.