Blue Lotus vs Butterfly-leaf

Nymphaea nouchali compared with Adenolobus garipensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Lotus	Butterfly-leaf
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Nymphaeales (Nymphaeales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Nymphaeaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nymphaea	Adenolobus
Species	Nymphaea nouchali	Adenolobus garipensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Blue Lotus and Butterfly-leaf share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Blue Lotus

LC — Least Concern

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Lotus	Butterfly-leaf
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Lotus

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms.

Range

Distributed across Comoros, Madagascar, and Maldives.

Butterfly-leaf

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Blue Lotus

The Blue Lotus (Nymphaea nouchali) is a species in the genus Nymphaea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and .

Butterfly-leaf

The Butterfly-leaf (Adenolobus garipensis) is a species in the genus Adenolobus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.