Broad-bordered Acraea vs Floating Fern

Acraea anemosa compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Broad-bordered Acraea is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-bordered Acraea	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Acraea	Salvinia
Species	Acraea anemosa	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Broad-bordered Acraea

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-bordered Acraea	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-bordered Acraea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Broad-bordered Acraea

The Broad-bordered Acraea (Acraea anemosa) is a species in the genus Acraea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.