Chrysochroa Edwardsii
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''Chrysochroa edwardsii'' is a beetle of the Buprestidae family.


Description

''Chrysochroa edwardsii'' can reach a length of about . Elytra are metallic green, with a large and rounded yellow-orange transversal band. Pronotum can be greenish with a strong metallic red tint 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.


Distribution

These beetles can be found in India and Thailand.


References


Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, (14), Mar. 1842: 128. in Smithsonian LibrariesUniversal Biological IndexerBiolibZipcodezoo Species Identifier
Buprestidae Beetles described in 1843 {{Buprestidae-stub