Beggar'S-Buttons vs Forcipate Firetail

Arctium lappa compared with Telebasis versicolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Forcipate Firetail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Arctium	Telebasis
Species	Arctium lappa	Telebasis versicolor

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Forcipate Firetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Forcipate Firetail
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).

Forcipate Firetail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.