Beggar'S-Buttons vs Black arion

Arctium lappa compared with Arion ater

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Black arion is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Black arion
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Arionidae
Genus	Arctium	Arion
Species	Arctium lappa	Arion ater

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Black arion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Black arion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Black arion

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Black arion

The Black arion (Arion ater) is a species in the genus Arion. Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States