Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dainty Bluet

Anostirus castaneus compared with Coenagrion scitulum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Dainty Bluet is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dainty Bluet
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Elateridae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Anostirus	Coenagrion
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Coenagrion scitulum

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Dainty Bluet share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dainty Bluet

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dainty Bluet
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.

Dainty Bluet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Luxembourg.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium