Chrysochroa edwardsii
| Chrysochroa edwardsii | |
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| Chrysochroa edwardsii from India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Chrysochroa |
| Species: | C. edwardsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysochroa edwardsii Hope, 1843 | |
Chrysochroa edwardsii is a beetle of the Buprestidae family.
Description
[edit]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.[1] Pronotum can be greenish with a strong metallic red tint[1] or dark purple and the legs are bright green. Only the yellow-orange band shows a medium to high reflectance in the near-infrared part of the spectrum.[1]
Distribution
[edit]These beetles can be found in India and Thailand.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Mielewczik, Michael; Liebisch, Frank; Walter, Achim; Greven, Hartmut (2012). "Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species". Entomologie Heute. 23: 183–215.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, (14), Mar. 1842: 128. in Smithsonian Libraries
- Universal Biological Indexer
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- Zipcodezoo Species Identifier
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