Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Garden Acraea

Anostirus castaneus compared with Acraea horta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Garden Acraea
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	Acraea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Acraea horta

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Garden Acraea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Garden Acraea
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.

Garden Acraea

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.