Arctic Blue vs marsilée vêtue

Agriades aquilo compared with Marsilea vestita

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arctic Blue	marsilée vêtue
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Polypodiopsida (Filicopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Lycaenidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Agriades	Marsilea
Species	Agriades aquilo	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Arctic Blue

NT — Near Threatened

marsilée vêtue

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arctic Blue	marsilée vêtue
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arctic Blue

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Finland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

marsilée vêtue

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Arctic Blue

The Arctic Blue (Agriades aquilo) is a species in the genus Agriades. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.