# Chrysochroa

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***Chrysochroa*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of ["jewel" or metallic wood-boring beetles](/source/Buprestidae), typical of the tribe [Chrysochroini](/source/Chrysochroini). Most of the many species are native to [Southeast Asian](/source/Southeast_Asia) nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good number are found in India, one (*[Chrysochroa fulgidissima](/source/Chrysochroa_fulgidissima)* ssp. *[alternans](/source/Alternans)*) in Japan, (*[Chrysochroa coreana](/source/Chrysochroa_coreana)*) in Korea, and one (*[Chrysochroa lepida](/source/Chrysochroa_lepida)*) in Africa.

## Species

- *[Chrysochroa akiyamai](/source/Chrysochroa_akiyamai)* Lander, 1989
- *[Chrysochroa andamanensis](/source/Chrysochroa_andamanensis)* Saunders, 1867
- *[Chrysochroa annamensis](/source/Chrysochroa_annamensis)* Bourgoin, 1924
- *[Chrysochroa aurotibialis](/source/Chrysochroa_aurotibialis)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Chrysochroa baudoni](/source/Chrysochroa_baudoni)* Descarpentries, 1963
- *[Chrysochroa blairi](/source/Chrysochroa_blairi)* Lander, 1989
- *[Chrysochroa bloetei](/source/Chrysochroa_bloetei)* Théry, 1935
- *[Chrysochroa browni](/source/Chrysochroa_browni)* Saunders, 1872
- *[Chrysochroa buqueti](/source/Chrysochroa_buqueti)* (Gory, 1833)
- *[Chrysochroa caroli](/source/Chrysochroa_caroli)* Perroud, 1853
- *[Chrysochroa castelnaudii](/source/Chrysochroa_castelnaudii)* Deyrolle, 1862
- *[Chrysochroa celebensis](/source/Chrysochroa_celebensis)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Chrysochroa celebigena](/source/Chrysochroa_celebigena)* Obenberger, 1935
- *[Chrysochroa chongi](/source/Chrysochroa_chongi)* Endo, 1992
- *[Chrysochroa coelicolor](/source/Chrysochroa_coelicolor)* Obenberger, 1942
- *[Chrysochroa corbetti](/source/Chrysochroa_corbetti)* Kerremans, 1893
- *[Chrysochroa coreana](/source/Chrysochroa_coreana)* Han et Park, 2012
- *[Chrysochroa cuprascens](/source/Chrysochroa_cuprascens)* (Waterhouse, 1881)
- *[Chrysochroa edwardsii](/source/Chrysochroa_edwardsii)* Hope, 1843
- *[Chrysochroa fallaciosa](/source/Chrysochroa_fallaciosa)* Théry, 1923
- *[Chrysochroa fulgens](/source/Chrysochroa_fulgens)* (3 subspecies)
- *[Chrysochroa fulgidissima](/source/Chrysochroa_fulgidissima)* (Schönherr, 1817) (synonym *[Chrysochroa elegans](/source/Chrysochroa_elegans)* Thunberg, 1784)
- *[Chrysochroa fulminans](/source/Chrysochroa_fulminans)* (Fabricius, 1787) - **type species**
- *[Chrysochroa gestroi](/source/Chrysochroa_gestroi)* Kurosawa, 1978
- *[Chrysochroa holstii](/source/Chrysochroa_holstii)* Waterhouse in Waterhouse & Gahan, 1890
- *[Chrysochroa ignita](/source/Chrysochroa_ignita)* (Linnaeus, 1758)
- *[Chrysochroa intermedia](/source/Chrysochroa_intermedia)* Lander, 1992
- *[Chrysochroa ixora](/source/Chrysochroa_ixora)* Gory, 1840
- *[Chrysochroa jasienskii](/source/Chrysochroa_jasienskii)* Hołyński, 2009
- *[Chrysochroa klapaleki](/source/Chrysochroa_klapaleki)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Chrysochroa landeri](/source/Chrysochroa_landeri)* Hołyński, 2009
- *[Chrysochroa limbata](/source/Chrysochroa_limbata)* Nonfried, 1891
- *[Chrysochroa ludekingii](/source/Chrysochroa_ludekingii)* Snellen von Vollenhoeven, 1864
- *[Chrysochroa mirabilis](/source/Chrysochroa_mirabilis)* Thomson, 1878
- *[Chrysochroa miribella](/source/Chrysochroa_miribella)* Obenberger, 1939
- *[Chrysochroa mniszechii](/source/Chrysochroa_mniszechii)* Deyrolle, 1861
- *[Chrysochroa ocellata](/source/Chrysochroa_ocellata)* (Fabricius, 1775)
- *[Chrysochroa parryi](/source/Chrysochroa_parryi)* Saunders, 1867
- *[Chrysochroa perrotetii](/source/Chrysochroa_perrotetii)* Guérin-Méneville, 1840
- *[Chrysochroa pseudoludekingii](/source/Chrysochroa_pseudoludekingii)* Lander, 1992
- *[Chrysochroa purpureiventris](/source/Chrysochroa_purpureiventris)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Chrysochroa rajah](/source/Chrysochroa_rajah)* Gory, 1840
- *[Chrysochroa rogeri](/source/Chrysochroa_rogeri)* Dupont, 1832
- *[Chrysochroa rugicollis](/source/Chrysochroa_rugicollis)* Saunders, 1866
- *[Chrysochroa sakaii](/source/Chrysochroa_sakaii)* Ohmomo, 1999
- *[Chrysochroa sarasinorum](/source/Chrysochroa_sarasinorum)* Flach, 1887
- *[Chrysochroa saundersii](/source/Chrysochroa_saundersii)* Saunders, 1866
- *[Chrysochroa semperi](/source/Chrysochroa_semperi)* Saunders, 1874
- *[Chrysochroa similis](/source/Chrysochroa_similis)* Saunders, 1867
- *[Chrysochroa toulgoeti](/source/Chrysochroa_toulgoeti)* Descarpentries, 1982
- *[Chrysochroa unidentata](/source/Chrysochroa_unidentata)* (Fabricius, 1775)
- *[Chrysochroa viridisplendens](/source/Chrysochroa_viridisplendens)* Théry, 1898
- *[Chrysochroa vittata](/source/Chrysochroa_vittata)* (Fabricius, 1775)
- *[Chrysochroa wallacei](/source/Chrysochroa_wallacei)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Chrysochroa waterstradti](/source/Chrysochroa_waterstradti)* Théry, 1923
- *[Chrysochroa weyersii](/source/Chrysochroa_weyersii)* Deyrolle, 1864

## References

- 1. Descarpentries (A.), 1982 - Une nouvelle espèce de *Chysochroa*, Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie, 12, 3.
- 2. [Kerremans (C.)](/source/Charles_Kerremans), 1908-1909 - Monographie der Buprestides. Vol 3. Chrysochroini-Chalcophorites (pars).
- 3. Lander (T.), 1989 - A propos du genre *Chysochroa* Solier, [Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat](/source/Bulletin_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Sciences_Nat), 64, p. 1.
- 4. Lander (T.), 1992 - [The Beetles of the World](/source/The_Beetles_of_the_World), volume 16. Chrysochroini 1. (Buprestidae), [Sciences Nat](/source/Sciences_Nat), [Venette](/source/Venette). [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20100805233411/http://www.insects.demon.co.uk/cm/cm-16-english.html)

## External links

- [Buprestidae of Indo-Malaysia, Indochina and The Philippines](http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups/drmlands/indomal.htm) An entomological page with a focus on Jewel Beetles
- [*Chrysochroa*](https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162552/http://insectoid.info/insecta/coleoptera/buprestidae/chrysochroa_genus/) at insectoid.info

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