''Catoxantha'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
, ranging from northeast India through Southeast Asia. The genus contains the following species:
* ''
Catoxantha bonvouloirii''
Deyrolle, 1861
* ''
Catoxantha eburnea''
Janson, 1874
* ''
Catoxantha liouvillei''
Thery, 1923
* ''
Catoxantha opulenta''
(Gory, 1832)
* ''
Catoxantha pierrei''
Descarpentries, 1948
* ''
Catoxantha purpurea''
(White, 1843)
References
Buprestidae genera
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