Bed-jacket vs heath fritillary

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Melitaea athalia

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while heath fritillary is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	heath fritillary
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Alectryon	Melitaea
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Melitaea athalia

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

heath fritillary

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	heath fritillary
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.

heath fritillary

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (35 countries).

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.