Phosphorus virescens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1795, originally under the genus Cerambix. It has a wide distribution throughout Africa.[1] It is the only species in the genus Phosphorus.[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Lamiinae |
| Tribe: | Tragocephalini |
| Genus: | Phosphorus Thomson, 1857 |
| Species: | P. virescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Phosphorus virescens (Olivier, 1795)
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References
edit- ^ BioLib.cz - Phosphorus virescens. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Phosphorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ "Phosphorus Thomson, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the Old World". Retrieved 2024-08-18.