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 Bourgeois, 1879 Calopteron cyanipenne Pic, 1922 Calopteron discrepans (Newman, 1838) (banded net-winged beetle) Calopteron leovazquezae Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996 Calopteron megalopteron LeConte, 1861 Calopteron quadraticollle Taschenberg, 1874 Calopteron reticulatum (Fabricius, 1775) (banded net-wing) Calopteron scenicum Bourgeois, 1889 Calopteron serratum (L., 1758) Calopteron terminale (Say, 1823) (end band net-wing) Calopteron terminatum Latreille, 1833 Calopteron tricolor Olivier, 1790 Calopteron tropicum (L., 1764)
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