Lamprima aenea
| Lamprima aenea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Genus: | Lamprima |
| Species: | L. aenea
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| Binomial name | |
| Lamprima aenea Fabricius, 1792
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| Synonyms | |
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Lamprima schreibersi Hope in Westwood, 1845 | |
Lamprima aenea is a species of beetle in the family Lucanidae that is found on Norfolk Island.[1][2] It has size of 27–30 mm for males and 23 to 26 mm for females.It has color variations such as dark bronze and blue and green as its typical color; there also are some breeders of Lamprina aenea in Japan and Taiwan. Due to the destruction of its natural habitat it became rare in the wild, the Norfolk Island become ionly endemic stag beetle.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hangay, George; Keyzer, Roger de (April 2017). A Guide to Stag Beetles of Australia. Csiro Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4863-0209-3.
- ^ "Arthropods". Earth.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Beetle baubles: Australia's stag beetles". Australian Geographic. 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
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