Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Early Buttercup

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ranunculus fascicularis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Early Buttercup is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Early 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 fascicularis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Early Buttercup

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Early 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.

Early Buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.