Coppery Sprite vs Indian Sundew

Arielulus cuprosus compared with Drosera indica

Key Differences

• Coppery Sprite is Vulnerable while Indian Sundew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coppery Sprite	Indian Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Arielulus	Drosera
Species	Arielulus cuprosus	Drosera indica

Conservation Status

Coppery Sprite

VU — Vulnerable

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coppery Sprite	Indian Sundew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Coppery Sprite

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.