Giant Click Beetle vs Banded Treebrown

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Giant Click Beetle Banded Treebrown
Scientific Name Oxynopterus mucronatus Lethe confusa
Order Coleoptera Lepidoptera
Family Elateridae Nymphalidae
Size 40-65 mm 55-65 mm wingspan
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Detritivores Sap Feeders
Regions Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo South and Southeast Asia
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Giant Click Beetle

One of the largest click beetles in Asia with dramatic pectinate antennae in males. It can launch itself into the air with an audible click when flipped over.

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Did You Know?

Its spectacular fan-shaped antennae are used to detect female pheromones from great distances.

Banded Treebrown

A shade-loving brown butterfly with a distinctive pale band across the forewing and a series of small eyespots on the underside. It has a slow, bobbing flight in deep forest shade.

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Did You Know?

It is so strongly shade-adapted that it will rarely fly into a sunlit clearing even when pursued.