Anthaxia lucens is a species of jewel beetle belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.Biolib
Subspecies Anthaxia lucens lucens Küster, 1852 Anthaxia lucens phoenica Ganglbauer, 1882
Description Anthaxia lucens can reach a length of . This species has a bright elytral coloration, with longitudinal orange stripes on a metallic bluish-black background. Male's metatibiae are almost straight.S. Bily - 1982 Two new species of Anthaxia from Crete Larvae feed on Prunus domestica, Armeniaca vulgaris and Prunus cerasus.
Distribution This species is present in the East Palearctic ecozone, in Albania, Crete, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Turkey.Fauna europaea
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