Megaloxantha bicolor

Megaloxantha bicolor
Megaloxantha bicolor, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Megaloxantha
Species: M. bicolor
Binomial name
Megaloxantha bicolor
(Fabricius, 1775)

Megaloxantha bicolor is a species of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae.

Description

Megaloxantha bicolor is a huge Buprestid reaching a length of about 75 millimetres (3.0 in). The basic colour of these beetles is usually metallic green, but may be blue, reddish or blackish, with two basal and postmedian large yellow or whitish bands. The pronotal sides are usually bright orange-yellow.

Distribution

This species can be found from India to Thailand, Australia and Philippines.

Subspecies

References

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