Sunda Stag Beetle vs Banded Treebrown

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Sunda Stag Beetle Banded Treebrown
Scientific Name Cyclommatus metallifer Lethe confusa
Order Coleoptera Lepidoptera
Family Lucanidae Nymphalidae
Size 35-95 mm 55-65 mm wingspan
Habitat Mountains Forests
Diet Sap Feeders Sap Feeders
Regions Indonesia (Sulawesi), Philippines South and Southeast Asia
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Sunda Stag Beetle

A stunning metallic gold and bronze stag beetle from Indonesia with extremely long mandibles. Males can have mandibles nearly as long as their entire body.

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Did You Know?

Its mandibles can make up nearly half its total body length, giving it a truly dramatic appearance.

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.