Cardinal Click Beetle vs Katung Fa

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while Katung Fa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Coleoptera (อันดับด้วง)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Elateridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Ampedus	Alstonia
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cardinal Click Beetle

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Cardinal Click Beetle

The Cardinal Click Beetle (Ampedus cardinalis) is a species in the genus Ampedus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.