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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lycidae |
| Tribe: | Calopterini |
| Genus: | Calopteron Laporte, 1838 |
Calopteron is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae.
They are toxic and have aposematic coloration. Some species of moths are mimics ( Lycomorpha pholus , Pyromorpha dimidiata ). [1]
There are about 13 described species in Calopteron. [2] [3] [1]
These 13 species belong to the genus Calopteron:
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