Beautiful Plume vs Thin-flowered Colchicum

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla compared with Colchicum leptanthum

Key Differences

• Beautiful Plume is Least Concern while Thin-flowered Colchicum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Plume	Thin-flowered Colchicum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Pterophoridae	Colchicaceae
Genus	Amblyptilia	Colchicum
Species	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Colchicum leptanthum

Conservation Status

Beautiful Plume

LC — Least Concern

Thin-flowered Colchicum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Plume	Thin-flowered Colchicum
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).

Thin-flowered Colchicum

Habitat

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

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.