False Dotted Border vs Pacific Flying Fox

Belenois thysa compared with Pteropus tonganus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Dotted Border	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Pieridae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Belenois	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Belenois thysa	Pteropus tonganus

Evolutionary Relationship

False Dotted Border and Pacific Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Dotted Border	Pacific Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.