Chrysochroa edwardsii
| Chrysochroa edwardsii | |
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| Chrysochroa edwardsii from India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysochroinae |
| Genus: | Chrysochroa |
| Species: | C. edwardsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysochroa edwardsii Hope, 1843 | |
Chrysochroa edwardsii is a Jewel Beetle or Metallic Wood-boring Beetle of the Buprestidae family.
Description
Chrysochroa edwardsii can reach a length of about 40 millimetres (1.6 in). Elytra are metallic green, with a large and rounded yellow-orange transversal band. Pronotum is dark purple and the legs are bright green.
Distribution
These beetles can be found in India and Thailand.
References
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, (14), Mar. 1842: 128. in Smithsonian Libraries
- Universal Biological Indexer
- Biolib
- Zipcodezoo Species Identifier
- Organism Names
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