Chrysochroa buqueti, the red speckled jewel beetle, is a Southeast Asian species of beetle in the Buprestidae family and tribe Chrysochroini. It is found for example in Borneo and Malaysia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysochroinae |
| Tribe: | Chrysochroini |
| Genus: | Chrysochroa |
| Species: | C. buqueti
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| Chrysochroa buqueti (Gory, 1833)
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| SE Asian range | |
Description
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Chrysochroa buqueti can reach a length of about 40–47 millimetres (1.6–1.9 in). Elytra may be green to orange-yellow, with bluish-black markings, while pronotum is metallic red or metallic blue with metallic red areas on the sides. The legs are bright bluish-black. Black markings on the elytra typically also show no reflectance in the near-infrared part of the spectrum.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Mielewczik, Michael; Liebisch, Frank; Walter, Achim; Greven, Hartmut (2012). "Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species" (PDF). Entomologie heute. 23: 183–215.