Calopteron is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae.
They are toxic and have aposematic coloration. Some species of moths are mimics (Lycomorpha pholus, Pyromorpha dimidiata).
There are about 13 described species in Calopteron.
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Calopteron:
- Calopteron anxium <small>Bourgeois, 1879</small>
- Calopteron cyanipenne <small>Pic, 1922</small>
- Calopteron discrepans <small>(Newman, 1838)</small> (banded net-winged beetle)
- Calopteron leovazquezae <small>Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996</small>
- Calopteron megalopteron <small>LeConte, 1861</small>
- Calopteron quadraticollle <small>Taschenberg, 1874</small>
- Calopteron reticulatum <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small> (banded net-wing)
- Calopteron scenicum <small>Bourgeois, 1889</small>
- Calopteron serratum <small>(L., 1758)</small>
- Calopteron terminale <small>(Say, 1823)</small> (end band net-wing)
- Calopteron terminatum <small>Latreille, 1833</small>
- Calopteron tricolor <small>Olivier, 1790</small>
- Calopteron tropicum <small>(L., 1764)</small>
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