Achras | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Lycidae |
Subfamily: | Lycinae |
Tribe: | Metriorrhynchini |
Genus: | Achras Waterhouse, 1879 |
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