Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs corn buttercup

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ranunculus arvensis

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while corn buttercup is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	corn buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Elateridae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Ranunculus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ranunculus arvensis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

corn buttercup

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	corn buttercup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

corn buttercup

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (21 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.