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Leaf Beetle

Platycorynus peregrinus

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found this in madumalai forest reserve, south India.

Species ID Suggestions

eumolpine leaf beetle

Platycorynus sp.

Tropical Milkweed

Asclepias curassavica

Comments (3)

Chrysochus cobaltinus is a species from western North America (USA and Canada), not found anywhere near India. In tropical Asia, there is the genus Platycorynus, closely related to Chrysochus, distinguished by the shape of the antennae (last five segments flattened and widened in Platycorynus, not so in Chrysochus). There are several blue-metallic species of Platycorynus in India, so I'm not able to tell which one it is exactly.
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PublishedMay 22, 2017

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