Chloropterus versicolor is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family, subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Ukraine, southern European Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.[4] It was first described as Heterocnemis versicolor by Ferdinand Morawitz in 1860.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Chloropterus |
| Species: | C. versicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Chloropterus versicolor | |
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References
edit- ^ Morawitz, F. (1860). "Beschreibung einiger neuen Chrysomeliden aus der Umgegend von Sarepta". Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 33 (1): 298–302.
- ^ Morawitz, F. (1861). "Zur Kenntniss der russischen Eumolpiden". Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae. 1: 159–164.
- ^ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
- ^ a b Aslan, E. G.; Beenen, R.; Bayram, F.; Aslan, B. (2013). "Chloropterus versicolor (Morawitz) in Turkey: Indigeneity Confirmed (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the Entomological Research Society. 15 (2): 113–116.