Catoxantha purpurea can reach a length of about 45–50 millimetres (1.8–2.0 in).[3] This beautiful jewel beetle has metallic reddish purple elytra with thick and prominent black costae and one yellow transverse bands. Legs and antennae are black. Abdominal sternum is yellow.
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catoxantha, purpurea, species, jewel, beetles, belonging, family, buprestidae, subfamily, chrysochroinae, display, museo, civico, storia, naturale, milanoscientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, coleopterafamily, bupres. Catoxantha purpurea is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae subfamily Chrysochroinae 1 Catoxantha purpureaCatoxantha purpurea on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di MilanoScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder ColeopteraFamily BuprestidaeSubfamily ChrysochroinaeGenus CatoxanthaSpecies C purpureaBinomial nameCatoxantha purpurea White 1843 SynonymsChrysochroa purpurea White 1843 Contents 1 Distribution 2 Description 3 References 4 External linksDistribution editThis beetle has an Indomalayan distribution Philippines Luzon Island 2 3 4 Description editCatoxantha purpurea can reach a length of about 45 50 millimetres 1 8 2 0 in 3 This beautiful jewel beetle has metallic reddish purple elytra with thick and prominent black costae and one yellow transverse bands Legs and antennae are black Abdominal sternum is yellow References edit nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Catoxantha purpurea nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Catoxantha purpurea Biolib GBIF a b Coleoptera Atlas Insect Life FormsExternal links editFlickr Buprestidae of Indo Malaysia Indochina and Philippines nbsp This Buprestidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Catoxantha purpurea amp oldid 916127638, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
