Chrysochroa edwardsii explained

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.^[1] 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 Libraries
• Universal Biological Indexer
• Biolib
• Zipcodezoo Species Identifier
• Organism Names

Notes and References

1. Mielewczik . Michael . Liebisch . Frank . Walter . Achim . Greven . Hartmut . 2012 . Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species. . Entomologie heute . 23 . 183-215.