Great Fruit-eating Bat vs large blue

Artibeus lituratus compared with Maculinea arion

Key Differences

• Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while large blue is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Fruit-eating Bat	large blue
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lycaenidae
Genus	Artibeus	Maculinea
Species	Artibeus lituratus	Maculinea arion

Evolutionary Relationship

Great Fruit-eating Bat and large blue share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

large blue

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Fruit-eating Bat	large blue
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

large blue

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.