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Agapanthia (Smaragdula) chalybaea Faldermann, 1837

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
Agapanthia chalybaea
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
Body length:9 - 15 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:Asteraceae
Distribution:Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Iran


The depicted beetles were found sitting on leaves of its probably host plant (still undetermined Asteraceae) growing in mountain meadows ca 4.5 km south of Kajaran (Քաջարան, Syunik prov., South Armenia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Özdikmen H.:
Turkish Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 with identification keys (Coleoptera: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 8 (1): 9-40, 2013. [download pdf icon]

Agapanthia chalybaea
Agapanthia chalybaea
Agapanthia chalybaea
Agapanthia chalybaea
[Photo © M.Hoskovec & P.Jelínek]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835
Subgenus: Smaragdula Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2004
Species: Agapanthia (Smaragdula) chalybaea Faldermann, 1837