Broad-bordered Acraea vs

Acraea anemosa compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Broad-bordered Acraea
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class Insecta (Insects) Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) Dacryobolaceae
Genus Acraea Postia
Species Acraea anemosa Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Broad-bordered Acraea

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Broad-bordered Acraea
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-bordered Acraea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.

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