Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs snow buttercup

Anarta myrtilli compared with Ranunculus nivalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	snow 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 nivalis

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

snow buttercup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	snow 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.

snow buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and Sweden.

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.