Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Eastern Dotted Border

Anostirus castaneus compared with Mylothris agathina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Eastern Dotted Border
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	Pieridae
Genus	Anostirus	Mylothris
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Mylothris agathina

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Eastern Dotted Border share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Eastern Dotted Border
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.

Eastern Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.