High-altitude Longhorn Beetle vs Eighty-eight Butterfly

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute High-altitude Longhorn Beetle Eighty-eight Butterfly
Scientific Name Evodinus borealis Diaethria clymena
Order Coleoptera Lepidoptera
Family Cerambycidae Nymphalidae
Size 10-16 mm Wingspan 30-40mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Wood Feeders Herbivores
Regions Scandinavia, Northern Asia, Alps South America
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

High-altitude Longhorn Beetle

A flower-visiting longhorn beetle of boreal and montane conifer forests. Its larvae develop in decaying conifer wood at high elevations.

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Did You Know?

Adults are important pollinators of alpine wildflowers.

Eighty-eight Butterfly

A small butterfly with striking black and white markings on its underwings that clearly spell out the number 88 or 89.

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Did You Know?

The number 88 pattern on its wings is so precise that it appears to have been printed making it one of the most photographed butterflies.