Baytop's Onion vs Illustrious Greenbottle

Allium baytopiorum compared with Lucilia illustris

Key Differences

• Baytop's Onion is Critically Endangered while Illustrious Greenbottle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baytop's Onion	Illustrious Greenbottle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Amaryllidaceae	Calliphoridae
Genus	Allium	Lucilia
Species	Allium baytopiorum	Lucilia illustris

Conservation Status

Baytop's Onion

CR — Critically Endangered

Illustrious Greenbottle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baytop's Onion	Illustrious Greenbottle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baytop's Onion

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Illustrious Greenbottle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Baytop's Onion

The Baytop's Onion (Allium baytopiorum) is a species in the genus Allium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.