Cyphogastra javanica

Cyphogastra javanica
Cyphogastra javanica. Mounted specimen.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Chrysochroinae
Genus: Cyphogastra
Species: C. javanica
Binomial name
Cyphogastra javanica
Saunders, 1871

Cyphogastra javanica is a Jewel Beetle of the Buprestidae family.[1]

Description

Cyphogastra javanica reaches about 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in) in length. The basic colour of the elytra is metallic dark blue, while the thorax and the head are metallic reddish. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Indonesia.

References

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