Chrysochroa fulgidissima

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Chrysochroa fulgidissima

A "tamamushi" beetle in Iizaka, Japan.

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Chrysochroa
Species:	C. fulgidissima

Binomial name

Chrysochroa fulgidissima
Schönherr, 1817

Chrysochroa fulgidissima or tamamushi in Japanese (Japanese kanji: 玉虫、吉丁虫: katakana:タマムシ）is a metallic wood-boring beetle of the family Buprestidae that is native to Japan. The Tamamushi-no-zushi, 玉虫厨子, (Tamamushi shrine), a miniature shrine located at Hōryū-ji Temple, was once decorated with the colorful wings of the Chrysochroa fulgidissima beetle.^[1]