Ashy Button vs Dwarf Flying Fox

Acleris sparsana compared with Pteropus woodfordi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy Button	Dwarf Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tortricidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Acleris	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Acleris sparsana	Pteropus woodfordi

Evolutionary Relationship

Ashy Button and Dwarf Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Ashy Button

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy Button	Dwarf Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ashy Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ashy Button

Ashy button (Acleris sparsana) is a species in the genus Acleris. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.