Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Cretan Argus

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Kretania psylorita

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Cretan Argus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Lycaenidae
Genus	Aegilops	Kretania
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Kretania psylorita

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Cretan Argus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Cretan Argus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Cretan Argus

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Greece.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.