Calliphara excellens

Calliphara excellens is a jewel bug in the family Scutelleridae. It is distributed in Nepal and India. Males engage in ritualistic Courtship display, walking around the female, touching his abdomen to the plant before touching the female's antennae. After mating, the female oviposits into the seed of a host plant, such as Macaranga tanarius.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Calliphara excellens 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

• Calliphara nobilis
• Chrysocoris stollii
• Scutellera perplexa
• Lampromicra miyakona

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Scutelleridae

Genus

Calliphara

Species

Calliphara excellens

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