Blackboard Tree vs Little Bluebottle

Alstonia scholaris compared with Calliphora stelviana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Little Bluebottle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Apocynaceae	Calliphoridae
Genus	Alstonia	Calliphora
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Calliphora stelviana

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Little Bluebottle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Little Bluebottle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Little Bluebottle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.