Butterfly-leaf vs dooryard sowbug

Adenolobus garipensis compared with Porcellio laevis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Butterfly-leaf	dooryard sowbug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Isopoda (Isopoda)
Family	Fabaceae	Porcellionidae
Genus	Adenolobus	Porcellio
Species	Adenolobus garipensis	Porcellio laevis

Conservation Status

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Butterfly-leaf	dooryard sowbug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Butterfly-leaf

Habitat

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

dooryard sowbug

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.