Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Kleiner Fuchs

Anostirus castaneus compared with Aglais urticae

Key Differences

  • Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Kleiner Fuchs is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle Kleiner Fuchs
Kingdom same Animalia (Tier) Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer) Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class same Insecta (Insekten) Insecta (Insekten)
Order Coleoptera (Käfer) Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)
Family Elateridae Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus Anostirus Aglais
Species Anostirus castaneus Aglais urticae

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Kleiner Fuchs share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insekten)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Kleiner Fuchs

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle Kleiner Fuchs
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.

Kleiner Fuchs

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (41 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.

Kleiner Fuchs

small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List. Close to qualifying as threatened, with populations that may become vulnerable without conservation action.

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia