Nepalese Turtle Beetle

Laccoptera nepalensis · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Chrysomelidae

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Nepalese Turtle Beetle
Photo: portioid, CC BY

Adults have a triangular body shape. The pronotum is yellowish-brown or brown with two small black spots, and the elytral disc is similarly coloured with several spots.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The pronotum is yellowish-brown or brown and usually shows two small black spots.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults have a triangular body.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Nepalese Turtle Beetle photo 3
Photo: portioid, CC BY

Same family (Chrysomelidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccoptera_nepalensis

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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