Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dusky Meadow Brown

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hyponephele lycaon

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Dusky Meadow Brown is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dusky Meadow Brown
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Elateridae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Anostirus	Hyponephele
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hyponephele lycaon

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Dusky Meadow Brown share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dusky Meadow Brown

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dusky Meadow Brown
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.

Dusky Meadow Brown

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (31 countries).

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 2 countries:

🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland