Blistering Ammania vs Cretan Argus

Ammannia baccifera compared with Kretania psylorita

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	Cretan Argus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Lythraceae	Lycaenidae
Genus	Ammannia	Kretania
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Kretania psylorita

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Cretan Argus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	Cretan Argus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

Cretan Argus

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Greece.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇬🇷 Greece