Beautiful Plume vs Cuckoo-Bread

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla compared with Oxalis acetosella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Plume	Cuckoo-Bread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Pterophoridae	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Amblyptilia	Oxalis
Species	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Oxalis acetosella

Conservation Status

Beautiful Plume

LC — Least Concern

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Plume	Cuckoo-Bread
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Plume

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Asia (4 countries), and Europe (31 countries).

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Beautiful Plume

The Beautiful Plume (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla) is a species in the genus Amblyptilia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are.