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Eupholus

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Eupholus
E. azureus in the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum
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Eupholus

Eupholus is a genus of beetle in the family Curculionidae. The genus includes some of the most colourful of the weevils. The colour may serve as a warning to predators that they are distasteful. Most species feed upon yam leaves, some of which are toxic to other animals. The species occur in New Guinea and adjacent islands. This genus was described by French entomologist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval in 1835.

Eupholus bennetti


List of the described species

References

Data related to Eupholus at Wikispecies