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Heterorrhina elegans
Brilliant, shiny green.
Chitradurga Fort. There were two of these. Someone had stamped one into the soil and it was long dead...this one I am not sure...I thought it moved but that could be the wind...who would want to hurt such a pretty thing...a living thing...though some claim it is a pest of rose and mango.
Best part. Wikipedia says. "The physics of the colouration of the cuticle is a subject of interest as the colours are entirely structural, not produced by pigments, and nearly 200-year-old specimens show no degradation of the colours..."
Spotted on Aug 18, 2018
Submitted on Aug 30, 2018
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Thanks, Lauren. Interesting isn't it...we almost never think structure when we talk colour. Mother Nature has so many tricks up her sleeve.
Beautiful little jewel and very neat about the structural color lasting forever!