Bed-jacket vs Eastern Festoon

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Zerynthia cerisy

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Eastern Festoon is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Eastern Festoon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Papilionidae
Genus	Alectryon	Zerynthia
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Zerynthia cerisy

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Festoon

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Eastern Festoon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Eastern Festoon

Habitat

Inhabits Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Asia (Cyprus) and Europe (8 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.