Exotic jewel beetle - Catoxantha opulenta

Exotic jewel beetle - Catoxantha opulenta

Description:
Catoxantha opulenta can reach a length of around 45 to 60 millimeters. This beautiful and fairly common jewel beetle has metallic dark bluish-green wing coverts with thick and distinctive black wing ribs and two yellow transverse bands. The sternum of the abdomen is yellow. It bears the wood of Chukrasia velutina and Lagerstroemia speciosa. The life cycle is annual. Adult
hatch in June.

This beetle is found in Thailand, Malaysia, western Indonesia and the Philippines.