Catoxantha opulenta
| Catoxantha opulenta | |
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| Museum specimen of Catoxantha opulenta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Catoxantha |
| Species: | C. opulenta
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| Binomial name | |
| Catoxantha opulenta (Gory, 1832)
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Catoxantha opulenta is a species of jewel beetle belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Chrysochroinae.
Subspecies
- Catoxantha opulenta borneensis Kurosawa, 1993
- Catoxantha opulenta opulenta (Gory, 1832)
Description
Catoxantha opulenta can reach a length of about 45 and 60 millimetres (1.8 and 2.4 in). This beautiful and quite common jewel beetle has metallic dark bluish-green elytra with thick and prominent black costae and two yellow transverse bands. Abdominal sternum is yellow. It bores the wood of Chukrasia velutina and Lagerstroemia speciosa. The life-cycle is annual. Adults emerge in June.
Distribution
This beetle is present in Thailand, Malaysia, western Indonesia and Philippines.
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