Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Talus Fritillary

Anostirus castaneus compared with Fritillaria falcata

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Talus Fritillary is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Talus Fritillary
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Elateridae	Liliaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Fritillaria
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Fritillaria falcata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Talus Fritillary

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Talus Fritillary
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.

Talus Fritillary

Habitat

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

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.