Cardinal Click Beetle vs Wild passionfruit

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Passiflora suberosa

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while Wild passionfruit is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	Wild passionfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Elateridae	Passifloraceae
Genus	Ampedus	Passiflora
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Passiflora suberosa

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

Wild passionfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	Wild passionfruit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cardinal Click Beetle

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Wild passionfruit

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (8 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Cardinal Click Beetle

The Cardinal Click Beetle (Ampedus cardinalis) is a species in the genus Ampedus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.