''Calliphara'' is a genus of insect in the family Scutelleridae (

Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...

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/ref> This genus has a wide distribution extending to China, Philippines, Queensland and New Guinea.

Selected species

* '' Calliphara bifasciata'' (White, 1842) * ''

Calliphara nobilis ''Calliphara nobilis'' (commonly known as the mangrove jewel bug, mangrove shield bug, or mangrove stink bug) is a species of jewel bug found in Asia. Like all species of jewel bugs, it is phytophagous, feeding on the leaves, fruit and seeds of ...

'' ( Linnaeus,

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) * '' Calliphara regalis'' (Fabricius, 1775)

References

* F.J.D. McDoNAL
A Comparative study of the Male Genitalia of Queensland Scutellerinae Leach (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Scutelleridae Pentatomomorpha genera Hemiptera of Asia Taxa named by Ernst Friedrich Germar {{Pentatomoidea-stub