Iridescent Tiger Beetle (Cosmodela duponti)

Iridescent Tiger Beetle, a reference photo — Photo: Udo Schmidt from Deutschland · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Cosmodela duponti is a species of tiger beetle with wide distribution range in Southeast Asia. They are found mainly in forested habitats. Two taxa formerly treated as subspecies under this species, Cosmodela barmanica and Cosmodela indica, are now treated as full species.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Iridescent Tiger Beetle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Sophiodela okinawana
Cosmodela barmanica
Sophiodela japonica
Sophiodela chinensis
Cosmodela virgula

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cosmodela
Species: Cosmodela duponti

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