Biology:Chrysochroa edwardsii

Short description: Species of beetle

Chrysochroa edwardsii
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

Wikidata ☰ Q5114761 entry