Ashy Button vs Dromedary Camel

Acleris sparsana compared with Camelus dromedarius

Key Differences

• Ashy Button is Least Concern while Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy Button	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Lepidoptera (ผีเสื้อ)	Artiodactyla (อันดับสัตว์กีบคู่)
Family	Tortricidae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Acleris	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Acleris sparsana	Camelus dromedarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Ashy Button and Dromedary Camel share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (สัตว์)

Conservation Status

Ashy Button

LC — Least Concern

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy Button	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ashy Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Dromedary Camel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Sudan.

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.

Dromedary Camel

The dromedary is the single-humped camel, domesticated over 4,000 years ago. The hump stores fat, not water.