Banded Amanita vs False Dotted Border

Amanita battarrae compared with Belenois thysa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Amanita	False Dotted Border
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Pieridae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Belenois
Species	Amanita battarrae	Belenois thysa

Conservation Status

Banded Amanita

LC — Least Concern

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Amanita	False Dotted Border
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Amanita

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Banded Amanita

The Banded Amanita (Amanita battarrae) is a species in the genus Amanita. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.