Subgenus

Buprestis

Buprestis lyrata. Photo: (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Elateriformia (Elateriform beetles)
        Superfamily: Buprestoidea
        Family: Buprestidae (Jewel beetles)
        Subfamily: Buprestinae
        Tribe: Buprestini
        Genus: Buprestis
        Subgenus: Buprestis
        Species: Buprestis lyrata (Pink-faced jewel beetle)

Subtaxa

Species: Buprestis lyrata (Pink-faced jewel beetle)

Subgenus

Buprestis

Subtaxa

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