Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs large painted-lady

Anostirus castaneus compared with Gladiolus undulatus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while large painted-lady is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	large painted-lady
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Iridaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Gladiolus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Gladiolus undulatus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

large painted-lady

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	large painted-lady
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.

large painted-lady

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (India), Europe (Portugal), North America (Jamaica), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.