Beautiful Plume vs Gilled lungfish

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla compared with Protopterus amphibius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Plume	Gilled lungfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Dipneusti (Dipneusti)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Ceratodontiformes (Ceratodontiformes)
Family	Pterophoridae	Protopteridae
Genus	Amblyptilia	Protopterus
Species	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Protopterus amphibius

Evolutionary Relationship

Beautiful Plume and Gilled lungfish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Beautiful Plume

LC — Least Concern

Gilled lungfish

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Plume	Gilled lungfish
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).

Gilled lungfish

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.