Calliphara excellens
Species of true bug
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Calliphara excellens is a jewel bug in the family Scutelleridae. It is distributed in Nepal and India.[1] 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. [2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Scutelleridae |
| Subfamily: | Scutellerinae |
| Tribe: | Scutellerini |
| Genus: | Calliphara |
| Species: | C. excellens |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliphara excellens ((Burmeister, 1834) | |
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