chainfruit vs Cretan Festoon

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Zerynthia cretica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Cretan Festoon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Apocynaceae	Papilionidae
Genus	Alyxia	Zerynthia
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Zerynthia cretica

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Cretan Festoon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Cretan Festoon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Cretan Festoon

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Greece.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.