| Chrysochroa edwardsii | |
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| Chrysochroa edwardsii from India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Chrysochroa |
| Species: | C. edwardsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysochroa edwardsii Hope, 1843 | |
Chrysochroa edwardsii is a beetle of the Buprestidae family.
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. [1] Pronotum can be greenish with a strong metallic red tint [1] or dark purple and the legs are bright green. Only the yellow-orange band shows a medium to high reflectance in the near-infrared part of the spectrum. [1]
These beetles can be found in India and Thailand.
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