Lucilia coeruleiviridis

Lucilia coeruleiviridis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae

Lucilia coeruleiviridis, formerly Phaenecia coeruleiviridis, is commonly known as a green bottle fly, because of its metallic blue-green thorax and abdomen. L. coeruleiviridis was first discovered by French entomologist Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart in 1855.

Distribution

Lucilia coeruleiviridis — (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 217Canada · 131Mexico · 3Brazil · 2United Kingdom · 1

Sources and credits

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