Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Limestone Violet

Anostirus castaneus compared with Viola calcicola

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Limestone Violet is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Limestone Violet
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Elateridae	Violaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Viola
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Viola calcicola

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Limestone Violet

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Limestone Violet
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.

Limestone Violet

Habitat

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

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.