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Megaloxantha bicolor

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Polyphaga

Family
  
Buprestidae

Genus
  
Megaloxantha

Order
  
Beetle

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Buprestoidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Megaloxantha, Beetle, Chrysochroa, Demochroa, Papilio neumoegeni

Megaloxantha bicolor is a species of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae.

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Description

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Megaloxantha bicolor is a huge Buprestid reaching a length of about 75 millimetres (3.0 in). The basic colour of these beetles is usually metallic green, but may be blue, reddish or blackish, with two basal and postmedian large yellow or whitish bands. The pronotal sides are usually bright orange-yellow.

Distribution

This species can be found from India to Thailand, Australia and Philippines.

Subspecies

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  • Megaloxantha bicolor arcuatifasciata Kurosawa, 1978
  • Megaloxantha bicolor bicolor (Fabricius, 1778)
  • Megaloxantha bicolor brunnea (Saunders, 1866)
  • Megaloxantha bicolor gigantea (Schaller, 1783) (India)
  • Megaloxantha bicolor hainana Kurosawa, 1991
  • Megaloxantha bicolor luodiana Yang & Xie, 1993
  • Megaloxantha bicolor matsudai Endo, 1992 (Indonesia)
  • Megaloxantha bicolor nigricornis (Deyrolle, 1864) (Malaysia)
  • Megaloxantha bicolor nishiyamai Endo, 1992 (Philippines)
  • Megaloxantha bicolor ohtanii Kurosawa, 1991 (Indonesia, Vietnam)
  • Megaloxantha bicolor palawanica Kurosawa, 1978 (Philippines)
  • Megaloxantha bicolor porphyreus Hou & Wu, 1996 (Vietnam)
  • Megaloxantha bicolor sakaii Kurosawa, 1991

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    References

    Megaloxantha bicolor Wikipedia
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