Lilly Pilly leaf beetle

Paropsides calypso

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Lilly Pilly leaf beetle
Photo: Tony Eales, CC BY-SA

Paropsides calypso is a leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It lives in the subtropical rainforests along Australia’s eastern coast.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Paropsides calypso belongs to the leaf-beetle family Chrysomelidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in the subtropical rainforest of eastern Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is the subtropical rainforest along Australia’s eastern coast.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Lilly Pilly leaf beetle photo 2
Photo: Stephen Thorpe, CC BY
Lilly Pilly leaf beetle photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Lilly Pilly leaf beetle photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Lilly Pilly leaf beetle photo 5
Photo: James K. Douch, CC BY-SA

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paropsides_calypso

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