Beggar'S-Buttons vs Italian Festoon

Arctium lappa compared with Zerynthia cassandra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Italian Festoon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Papilionidae
Genus	Arctium	Zerynthia
Species	Arctium lappa	Zerynthia cassandra

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Italian Festoon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Italian Festoon
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).

Italian Festoon

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Italy.

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.