Beggar'S-Buttons vs Van Son's Charaxes

Arctium lappa compared with Charaxes vansoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Van Son's Charaxes
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)	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Arctium	Charaxes
Species	Arctium lappa	Charaxes vansoni

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Van Son's Charaxes

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Van Son's Charaxes
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).

Van Son's Charaxes

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.