Chrysochroa elegans

Chrysochroa elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Chrysochroa
Species: C. elegans
Binomial name
Chrysochroa elegans
Thunberg, 1784

Chrysochroa elegans, the Japanese jewel beetle (tamamushi in Japanese), is a species of metallic wood-boring beetles (Buprestidae).[1] It may be a synonym for Chrysochroa fulgidissima.

References

  1. 0n the Origin of Colored Lustre Exhibited by Metallic Wood-Borer Chrysochroa elegans. Kyaichipo Miyamoto, Kiyoe Kate and Fusa Kojirna, NSR, Ochanomizu University, voL. 2


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