Dark fruit-eating bat vs False Dotted Border

Artibeus obscurus compared with Belenois thysa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark fruit-eating bat	False Dotted Border
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Pieridae
Genus	Artibeus	Belenois
Species	Artibeus obscurus	Belenois thysa

Evolutionary Relationship

Dark fruit-eating bat and False Dotted Border share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Dark fruit-eating bat

LC — Least Concern

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark fruit-eating bat	False Dotted Border
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark fruit-eating bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.