Anthaxia lucens

Anthaxia lucens is a species of jewel beetle belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.

Subspecies

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

Description
Anthaxia lucens can reach a length of 6 - 8 mm. 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.