Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Meadow White

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pontia helice

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Meadow White
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	Pieridae
Genus	Anostirus	Pontia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pontia helice

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Meadow White

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Meadow White
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.

Meadow White

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.