Chrysochroa elegans, the Japanese jewel beetle (tamamushi in Japanese), is a species of metallic wood-boring beetles (Buprestidae).[1] It may be a synonym for Chrysochroa fulgidissima.
| Chrysochroa elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Chrysochroa |
| Species: | C. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysochroa elegans Thunberg, 1784
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References
edit- ^ "On the Origin of Colored Lustre Exhibited by Metallic Wood-Borer Chrysochroa elegans". Kyaichipo Miyamoto, Kiyoe Kate and Fusa Kojirna, NSR, Ochanomizu University, Vol. 2
External links
edit- Chrysochroa elegans at insectoid.info
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