Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Gray Asian Grayling

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pseudochazara geyeri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Gray Asian Grayling
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	Pseudochazara
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pseudochazara geyeri

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Gray Asian Grayling share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Gray Asian Grayling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Gray Asian Grayling
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.

Gray Asian Grayling

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Albania, Greece, and North Macedonia.

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.