''Chrysochroa'' is a

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of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe

Chrysochroini Chrysochroinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae: the "jewel beetles". Tribes and Genera The following genera are included: Chrysochroini Auth.: Laporte de Castelnau, 1835; synonyms: Chalcophorellini Tôyama, 1986, Chalcophor ...

. Most of the many species are native to

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n nations such as

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, and

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. However, a good number are found in

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, one (''

Chrysochroa fulgidissima ''Chrysochroa fulgidissima'', "jewel beetle" or Yamato tamamushi in Japanese (ヤマトタマムシ) is a metallic woodboring beetle of the family Buprestidae. Characteristics This beetle is native to Japan and Korea. It is typically found i ...

'' ssp. '' alternans'') in Japan, ('' Chrysochroa coreana'') in

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, and one ('' Chrysochroa lepida'') in Africa.

Species

* '' Chrysochroa akiyamai'' Lander, 1989 * ''

Chrysochroa andamanensis ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numbe ...

'' Saunders, 1867 * '' Chrysochroa annamensis'' Bourgoin, 1924 * '' Chrysochroa aurotibialis'' Deyrolle, 1864 * ''

Chrysochroa baudoni ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numbe ...

'' Descarpentries, 1963 * ''

Chrysochroa blairi ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of Buprestidae, "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines, the Philippines. ...

'' Lander, 1989 * ''

Chrysochroa bloetei ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numbe ...

'' Théry, 1935 * ''

Chrysochroa browni ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numbe ...

'' Saunders, 1872 * ''

Chrysochroa buqueti '' Chrysochroa buqueti'', the red speckled jewel beetle, is a Southeast Asian species of beetle in the Buprestidae family and tribe Chrysochroini Chrysochroinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae: the "jewel beetles". Tribe ...

'' (Gory, 1833) * ''

Chrysochroa caroli ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numbe ...

'' Perroud, 1853 * ''

Chrysochroa castelnaudii ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numbe ...

'' Deyrolle, 1862 * ''

Chrysochroa celebensis ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numbe ...

'' Obenberger, 1932 * ''

Chrysochroa celebigena ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numbe ...

'' Obenberger, 1935 * ''

Chrysochroa chongi ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numbe ...

'' Endo, 1992 * ''

Chrysochroa coelicolor ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numbe ...

'' Obenberger, 1942 * ''

Chrysochroa corbetti ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of Buprestidae, "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines, the Philippines. ...

'' Kerremans, 1893 * '' Chrysochroa coreana'' Han et Park, 2012 * '' Chrysochroa cuprascens'' (Waterhouse, 1881) * ''

Chrysochroa edwardsii ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of Buprestidae, "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines, the Philippines. ...

'' Hope, 1843 * ''

Chrysochroa elegans ''Chrysochroa elegans'', the Japanese jewel beetle (''tamamushi'' in Japanese), is a species of metallic wood-boring beetles (Buprestidae)."On the Origin of Colored Lustre Exhibited by Metallic Wood-Borer ''Chrysochroa elegans''". Kyaichipo Miya ...

'' Thunberg, 1784 * '' Chrysochroa fallaciosa'' Théry, 1923 * ''

'' (Schönherr, 1817) * ''

Chrysochroa fulminans '' Chrysochroa fulminans'' is the type species of jewel beetle in its genus; it belongs to the family Buprestidae, tribe Chrysochroini and subgenus ''Chrysochroa''.Chrysochroa gestroi ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of Buprestidae, "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines, the Philippines. ...

'' Kurosawa, 1978 * '' Chrysochroa holstii'' Waterhouse in Waterhouse & Gahan, 1890 * ''

Chrysochroa ignita ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good number ar ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Chrysochroa intermedia'' Lander, 1992 * '' Chrysochroa ixora'' Gory, 1840 * ''

Chrysochroa jasienskii ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good number ...

'' Hołyński, 2009 * '' Chrysochroa klapaleki'' Obenberger, 1924 * ''

Chrysochroa landeri ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good numb ...

'' Hołyński, 2009 * '' Chrysochroa limbata'' Nonfried, 1891 * '' Chrysochroa ludekingii'' Snellen von Vollenhoeven, 1864 * '' Chrysochroa mirabilis'' Thomson, 1878 * '' Chrysochroa miribella'' Obenberger, 1939 * '' Chrysochroa mniszechii'' Deyrolle, 1861 * ''

Chrysochroa ocellata '' Chrysochroa ocellata'' is a Jewel Beetle or Metallic Wood-boring Beetle of the 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 ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Chrysochroa parryi'' Saunders, 1867 * '' Chrysochroa perrotetii'' Guérin-Méneville, 1840 * '' Chrysochroa pseudoludekingii'' Lander, 1992 * '' Chrysochroa purpureiventris'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Chrysochroa rajah'' Gory, 1840 * ''

Chrysochroa rogeri ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good num ...

'' Dupont, 1832 * '' Chrysochroa rugicollis'' Saunders, 1866 * ''

Chrysochroa sakaii ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good number ...

'' Ohmomo, 1999 * ''

Chrysochroa sarasinorum ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good number ar ...

'' Flach, 1887 * '' Chrysochroa saundersii'' Saunders, 1866 * '' Chrysochroa semperi'' Saunders, 1874 * ''

Chrysochroa similis ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good number ar ...

'' Saunders, 1867 * '' Chrysochroa toulgoeti'' Descarpentries, 1982 * '' Chrysochroa unidentata'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Chrysochroa viridisplendens'' Théry, 1898 * ''

Chrysochroa vittata ''Chrysochroa vittata'' is a species of beetle in the Buprestidae family. Description ''Chrysochroa vittata'' can reach a length of about . Elytra normally are metallic green, with metallic red and blue longitudinal stripes. The legs are brigh ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''

Chrysochroa wallacei ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of Buprestidae, "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines, the Philippines. ...

'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Chrysochroa waterstradti'' Théry, 1923 * ''

Chrysochroa weyersii ''Chrysochroa'' is a genus of "jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles, typical of the tribe Chrysochroini. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good number ar ...

'' Deyrolle, 1864

References

* 1. Descarpentries (A.), 1982 - Une nouvelle espèce de ''Chysochroa'', Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie, 12, 3. * 2. Kerremans (C.), 1908-1909 - Monographie der Buprestides. Vol 3. Chrysochroini-Chalcophorites (pars). * 3. Lander (T.), 1989 - A propos du genre ''Chysochroa'' Solier,

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Buprestidae of Indo-Malaysia, Indochina and The Philippines
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