''Anthaxia lucens'' is a species of jewel beetle belonging to the family

Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...

, subfamily Buprestinae.

Subspecies

* ''Anthaxia lucens lucens'' Küster, 1852 * ''Anthaxia lucens phoenica'' Ganglbauer, 1882

Descriptiom

''Anthaxia lucens'' can reach a length of . This species has a bright elytral coloration, with longitudinal orange stripes on a metallic bluish-black background. Male's metatibiae are almost straight. Larvae feed on '' Prunus domestica'', '' Armeniaca vulgaris'' and '' Prunus cerasus''.

Distribution

This species is present in the East Palearctic ecozone, in Albania, Crete, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Turkey.Fauna europaea
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References

Buprestidae Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1852 {{Buprestidae-stub