Chrysochroa ocellata
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Chrysochroa ocellata from Andaman Islands | |
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Chrysochroa ocellata (Fabricius, 1775)
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Chrysochroa ocellata is a Jewel Beetle or Metallic Wood-boring Beetle of the Buprestidae family.
Description[]
Chrysochroa ocellata can reach a length of about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). Elytra and pronotum are metallic green. Elytra have a longitudinal bright reddish band interrupted by a broad rounded yellow-orange spot in the middle. The legs are bright green.
Distribution[]
These beetles can be found in India.
Subspecies[]
- Chrysochroa ocellata fulgens (DeGeer, 1778)
- Chrysochroa ocellata ocellata (Fabricius, 1775)
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Categories:
- Buprestidae
- Beetles described in 1775
- Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
- Buprestidae stubs