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Buprestis
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Buprestis

Buprestis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. As of 2011 there were 78 described species distributed across most of the world's ecozones except parts of Africa and Antarctica.

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21 branches of this group, most-observed first

Pink-faced jewel beetle

speciesBuprestis lyrata

Spotted-belly Buprestid Beetle

speciesBuprestis maculativentris

Eight-spotted Jewel Beetle

speciesBuprestis octoguttata

Lined Buprestid Beetle

speciesBuprestis lineata

Buprestis laeviventris

speciesBuprestis laeviventris

Buprestis consularis

speciesBuprestis consularis

Buprestis cupressi

speciesBuprestis cupressi

Buprestis maculipennis

speciesBuprestis maculipennis

Buprestis magica

speciesBuprestis magica

Nutall's Buprestid Beetle

speciesBuprestis nutalli

Buprestis subornata

speciesBuprestis subornata

Buprestis bertheloti

speciesBuprestis bertheloti

Buprestis piliventris

speciesBuprestis piliventris

Buprestis ventralis

speciesBuprestis ventralis

Buprestis transversepicta

speciesBuprestis transversepicta

Buprestis pinyoni

speciesBuprestis pinyoni

Buprestis parmaculativentris

speciesBuprestis parmaculativentris

Flannelbush borer

speciesBuprestis fremontiae

Buprestis picta

speciesBuprestis picta

Buprestis hispaniolae

speciesBuprestis hispaniolae

Buprestis biplagiata

speciesBuprestis biplagiata

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Buprestis in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.523

Buprestis in Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De animalibus insectis libri septem

Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De animalibus insectis libri septem

Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1618 · p.198

Buprestis in Theater of Insects

Theater of Insects

Conrad Gessner; Thomas Moffet; Edward Wotton · 1634 · p.172

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 541025.