Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Green hellebore

Anostirus castaneus compared with Helleborus viridis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Green hellebore is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Green hellebore
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	Helleborus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Helleborus viridis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Green hellebore

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Green hellebore
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.

Green hellebore

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries) and North America (United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden