Biology:Chrysochroa buqueti

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Short description: Species of beetle

Chrysochroa buqueti
Jewel Beetle (Chrysochroa buqueti) (8741874630).jpg
Chrysochroa buqueti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Chrysochroinae
Tribe: Chrysochroini
Genus: Chrysochroa
Species:
C. buqueti
Binomial name
Chrysochroa buqueti
(Gory, 1833)
Chrysochroa buqueti distribution map.png
SE Asian range

Chrysochroa buqueti, the red speckled jewel beetle, is a Southeast Asian species of beetle in the Buprestidae family and tribe Chrysochroini.

Description

museum specimens from Java

Chrysochroa buqueti can reach a length of about 40–47 millimetres (1.6–1.9 in). Elytra may be green to orange-yellow, with bluish-black markings, while pronotum is metallic red or metallic blue with metallic red areas on the sides. The legs are bright bluish-black.



References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5114760 entry