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Buprestidae sp.
Buprestidae is a family of beetles, known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,000 species known in 450 genera
Spotted on Apr 27, 2013
Submitted on Jun 17, 2013
5 Comments
thanks bayucca. I checked around on the internet, but couldn't find anything exactly the same. Not so surprising as wiki says there are 15,000 species!
definitely buprestidae!
Actually I think this is a Buprestid, very pretty one too!
Another beautiful spotting from Himalayas :)) love this beetles!
Buprestidae. Try once Buprestis sp., but I only now Buprestis octoguttata, which is not, but similar. Maybe you find some info about Buprestis from your area.