Beautiful Plume vs Three-striped Dasher

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla compared with Micrathyria didyma

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Plume	Three-striped Dasher
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Pterophoridae	Libellulidae
Genus	Amblyptilia	Micrathyria
Species	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Micrathyria didyma

Evolutionary Relationship

Beautiful Plume and Three-striped Dasher share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Beautiful Plume

LC — Least Concern

Three-striped Dasher

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Plume	Three-striped Dasher
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).

Three-striped Dasher

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and 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.