Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs glacier buttercup

Anarta myrtilli compared with Ranunculus glacialis

Key Differences

Beautiful Yellow Underwing is Least Concern while glacier buttercup is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	glacier buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Noctuidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Anarta	Ranunculus
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Ranunculus glacialis

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

glacier buttercup

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	glacier buttercup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

glacier buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

The Beautiful Yellow Underwing (Anarta myrtilli) is a species in the genus Anarta. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.