Bed-jacket vs Marbled Skipper

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Carcharodus lavatherae

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Marbled Skipper is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Marbled Skipper
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Hesperiidae
Genus	Alectryon	Carcharodus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Carcharodus lavatherae

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Marbled Skipper

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Marbled Skipper
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.

Marbled Skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (23 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.