Carabus solieri is a species of beetles of the family Carabidae.
Description Carabus solieri can reach about in length. The body is quite slender, metallic bright green, golden-green or green-coppery. Elytra are broad and robust, violet-red bordered and longitudinal crossed by ribs. This species mainly feeds on snails and it is crepuscular and nocturnal.
Distribution This species occurs in France and in Italy, especially in part of the Western Alps and in Apennines. It is present in the beech and chestnut forests with plenty of rotting leaves, at an elevation of about above sea level.
Subspecies Carabus solieri bonadonai Colas, 1948 Carabus solieri bonnetianus Colas, 1936 Carabus solieri clairi Géhin, 1885 Carabus solieri liguranus Breuning, 1933 Carabus solieri solieri Dejean, 1826
References Biolib Fauna Europaea G. Allegro I Carabus del Monferrato e delle Langhe (Piemonte, Italia) (Coleoptera Carabidae P. Brandmayr - Natural history and applied ecology of carabid beetle Alessandro Minelli - La fauna in Italia