Blackboard Tree vs Violet Dropwing

Alstonia scholaris compared with Trithemis annulata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Violet Dropwing
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)	Arthropoda (节肢动物门)
Class	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)	Insecta (昆蟲綱)
Order	Gentianales (龙胆目)	Odonata (蜻蜓目)
Family	Apocynaceae	Libellulidae
Genus	Alstonia	Trithemis
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Trithemis annulata

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Violet Dropwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Violet Dropwing
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Violet Dropwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.