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Switzerland

Europe · Western Europe

Total Species
1175
Threatened
84
CR + EN + VU
Population
8 654 622
Area
41 284 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 21
Endangered 36
Vulnerable 27
Near Threatened 53
Least Concern 385
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 604
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 791
Plantae 352
Fungi 22
Chromista 9
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Switzerland

heath fritillary

Melitaea athalia

Extinct

Thyme Plume

Merrifieldia leucodactyla

Near Threatened

cranberry fritillary

Boloria aquilonaris

Least Concern

Dingy White Plume

Merrifieldia baliodactylus

Near Threatened

Beautiful Plume

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

Least Concern

Irish Plume

Platyptilia tesseradactyla

Vulnerable

Midday harp ground beetle

Acupalpus meridianus

Least Concern

Citron Plume

Hellinsia carphodactyla

Not Evaluated

Small Golden-rod Plume

Hellinsia osteodactylus

Least Concern

Wood-sage Plume

Capperia britanniodactylus

Endangered

Tansy Plume

Gillmeria ochrodactyla

Not Evaluated

Dysderid Spider

Dysdera crocata

Not Evaluated

Clown beetle

Atholus bimaculatus

Least Concern

Clown beetle

Carcinops pumilio

Least Concern

Red-Legged Harp Ground Beetle

Harpalus rubripes

Least Concern

Lupine Aphid

Macrosiphum albifrons

Not Evaluated

fern aphid

Idiopterus nephrelepidis

Not Evaluated

crescentmarked lily aphid

Neomyzus circumflexus

Not Evaluated

Polychrome Harp Ground Beetle

Harpalus affinis

Least Concern

Pine Sawyer

Monochamus sartor

Endangered

pine bark adelgid

Pineus strobi

Not Evaluated

scarlet malachite beetle

Malachius aeneus

Endangered

Strawberry Harp Ground Beetle

Harpalus rufipes

Least Concern

Sucking louse

Polyplax spinulosa

Not Evaluated

two-banded fungus beetle

Alphitophagus bifasciatus

Least Concern

Churchyard beetle, Cellar beetle

Blaps mucronata

Endangered

cotton aphid

Aphis gossypii

Not Evaluated

Bark Beetle

Bitoma crenata

Least Concern

Cherry Vinegar Fly

Drosophila suzukii

Not Evaluated

Lusitanian slug

Arion lusitanicus

Least Concern

White-legged harp ground beetle

Paranchus albipes

Least Concern

Common harp ground beetle

Amara communis

Least Concern

Ovate Harp Ground Beetle

Amara ovata

Least Concern

Familiar harp round beetle

Amara familiaris

Least Concern

potato aphid

Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Not Evaluated

Princely harp ground beetle

Amara aulica

Near Threatened

Two-faced harp ground beetle

Amara bifrons

Near Threatened

worm slug

Boettgerilla pallens

Least Concern

Italy harp ground beetle

Amara anthobia

Near Threatened

Collared pedunculate ground beetle

Clivina collaris

Least Concern

White Plume Moth

Pterophorus pentadactyla

Least Concern

Palm Moth

Paysandisia archon

Not Evaluated

Tawny Harp Ground Beetle

Perigona nigriceps

Near Threatened

Paris Riverbank Ground Beetle

Bembidion obtusum

Least Concern

Shiny riverbank ground beetle

Bembidion lampros

Least Concern

Eight-toothed Spruce Bark Beetle

Ips typographus

Least Concern

Silver-Green Leaf Weevil

Phyllobius argentatus

Least Concern

scarce heath

Coenonympha hero

Endangered

Brussels riverbank ground beetle

Bembidion bruxellense

Vulnerable

Puncture-Headed Harp Ground Beetle

Ophonus puncticeps

Least Concern

Black Vine Weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Least Concern

Double-Grooved Riverbank Round Beetle

Porotachys bisulcatus

Least Concern

Boxwood leafminer

Monarthropalpus flavus

Not Evaluated

Great Spruce Bark Beetle

Dendroctonus micans

Near Threatened

Leafhopper

Typhlocyba quercus

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Eupteryx atropunctata

Least Concern

Eurasian Pine Shoot Beetle

Tomicus piniperda

Least Concern

Rhododendron Lacebug

Stephanitis rhododendri

Not Evaluated

Variable Chafer

Gnorimus variabilis

Extinct

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Not Evaluated

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