Beggar'S-Buttons vs Trimen's Dotted Border

Arctium lappa compared with Mylothris trimenia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Trimen's Dotted Border
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)	Pieridae
Genus	Arctium	Mylothris
Species	Arctium lappa	Mylothris trimenia

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Trimen's Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Trimen's Dotted Border
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).

Trimen's Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.