Beggar'S-Buttons vs Southern Damselfly

Arctium lappa compared with Coenagrion mercuriale

Key Differences

Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Southern Damselfly is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Southern Damselfly
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Arthropoda (節足動物)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Insecta (昆虫)
Order	Asterales (キク目)	Odonata (蜻蛉目)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Arctium	Coenagrion
Species	Arctium lappa	Coenagrion mercuriale

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Southern Damselfly

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Southern Damselfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Southern Damselfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Luxembourg.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.