Ashy Button vs Cerf de Timor

Acleris sparsana compared with Rusa timorensis

Key Differences

• Ashy Button is Least Concern while Cerf de Timor is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy Button	Cerf de Timor
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Tortricidae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Acleris	Rusa
Species	Acleris sparsana	Rusa timorensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Ashy Button and Cerf de Timor share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Ashy Button

LC — Least Concern

Cerf de Timor

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy Button	Cerf de Timor
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.

Cerf de Timor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Mauritius, New Zealand, and Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway