Azure Bluet vs Lion

Coenagrion puella compared with Panthera leo

Key Differences

• Azure Bluet is Least Concern while Lion is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azure Bluet	Lion
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Odonata (蜻蛉目)	Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family	Coenagrionidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Coenagrion	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Coenagrion puella	Panthera leo

Evolutionary Relationship

Azure Bluet and Lion share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (動物)

Conservation Status

Azure Bluet

LC — Least Concern

Lion

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~23.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azure Bluet	Lion
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	2.5 m
Average Weight	—	190.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Azure Bluet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Lion

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Azure Bluet

アジュールブルーイット（Coenagrion puella）はヨーロッパの止水・緩流水域に広く分布する小型のイトトンボ科のトンボで、雄の鮮やかな青と黒の模様が美しい。IUCNレッドリストでは軽度懸念（LC）に分類されており、池沼・運河・緩やかな小川の水草周りで交尾・産卵する。幼虫は水中で生育し、成虫は水辺の草地・葦原で昆虫を捕食する、淡水湿地生態系の重要な構成要素である。

Lion

アフリカ最大の野生ネコ科動物で最大250kgに達し、サハラ以南のサバンナや草原に生息する唯一の社会性ネコ科動物です。雄は象徴的なたてがみで識別されます。頂点捕食者として草食動物の個体群を調節し、生態系のバランスを維持します。生息地の喪失と人間との軋轢により危急種に分類されています。