''Calopteron'' is a genus of

net-winged beetle The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregion ...

s in the family

Lycidae The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregions ...

. They are toxic and have aposematic coloration. Some species of moths are mimics (''

Lycomorpha pholus ''Lycomorpha pholus'', the black-and-yellow lichen moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to South Dakota and Texas. The habitat consists of short-grass prairie. The wingspan ...

'', '' Pyromorpha dimidiata''). There are about 13 described species in ''Calopteron''.

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus ''Calopteron'': * '' Calopteron anxium'' Bourgeois, 1879 * '' Calopteron cyanipenne'' Pic, 1922 * ''

Calopteron discrepans ''Calopteron discrepans'', the banded net-winged beetle, is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles a ...

'' (Newman, 1838) (banded net-winged beetle) * '' Calopteron leovazquezae'' Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996 * '' Calopteron megalopteron'' LeConte, 1861 * '' Calopteron quadraticollle'' Taschenberg, 1874 * '' Calopteron reticulatum'' (Fabricius, 1775) (banded net-wing) * '' Calopteron scenicum'' Bourgeois, 1889 * '' Calopteron serratum'' (L., 1758) * '' Calopteron terminale'' (Say, 1823) (end band net-wing) * '' Calopteron terminatum'' Latreille, 1833 * '' Calopteron tricolor'' Olivier, 1790 * '' Calopteron tropicum'' (L., 1764)

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