''Calopteron'' is a genus of

net-winged beetle The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregion ...

s in the family

Lycidae The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregions ...

. They are toxic and have aposematic coloration. Some species of moths are mimics (''

Lycomorpha pholus ''Lycomorpha pholus'', the black-and-yellow lichen moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to South Dakota and Texas. The habitat consists of short-grass prairie. The wingspan ...

'', '' 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 ''Calopteron discrepans'', the banded net-winged beetle, is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles a ...

'' (Newman, 1838) (banded net-winged beetle) * '' Calopteron leovazquezae'' Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996 * ''

Calopteron megalopteron ''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 ...

'' LeConte, 1861 * ''

Calopteron quadraticollle ''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 ...

'' Taschenberg, 1874 * '' Calopteron reticulatum'' (Fabricius, 1775) (banded net-wing) * ''

Calopteron scenicum ''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 ...

'' Bourgeois, 1889 * ''

Calopteron serratum ''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 ...

'' (L., 1758) * '' Calopteron terminale'' (Say, 1823) (end band net-wing) * ''

Calopteron terminatum ''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 ...

'' Latreille, 1833 * ''

Calopteron tricolor ''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 ...

'' Olivier, 1790 * '' Calopteron tropicum'' (L., 1764)

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