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Catoxantha opulenta

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Catoxantha opulenta
Museum specimen of Catoxantha opulenta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Catoxantha
Species:
C. opulenta
Binomial name
Catoxantha opulenta
(Gory, 1832)

Catoxantha opulenta is a species of jewel beetle belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Chrysochroinae.

Subspecies

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  • Catoxantha opulenta borneensis Kurosawa, 1993
  • Catoxantha opulenta opulenta (Gory, 1832)

Description

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Catoxantha opulenta can reach a length of about 45 and 60 millimetres (1.8 and 2.4 in). This beautiful and quite common jewel beetle has metallic dark bluish-green elytra with thick and prominent black costae and two yellow transverse bands. Abdominal sternum is yellow. It bores the wood of Chukrasia velutina and Lagerstroemia speciosa. The life-cycle is annual. Adults emerge in June.

Distribution

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This beetle is present in Thailand, Malaysia, western Indonesia and Philippines.

References

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