Chloropterus lefevrei
Species of beetle
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Chloropterus lefevrei is a species of leaf beetle distributed from the Caucasus via Central Asia to Western Asia.[4][2] It was first described by Edmund Reitter in 1890, who named it after Édouard Lefèvre.[1]
| Chloropterus lefevrei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Chloropterus |
| Species: | C. lefevrei |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloropterus lefevrei | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of C. lefevrei:[4]
- Chloropterus lefevrei arabicus Lopatin, 2008: Found in the United Arab Emirates.[5]
- Chloropterus lefevrei lefevrei Reitter, 1890: The nominotypical subspecies. Found in Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Oman,[6] Saudi Arabia,[7] Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.[2]