Creobroter pictipennis, with the common name Indian flower mantis, is a species of praying mantis native to Asia.
Creobroter pictipennis | |
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Creobroter pictipennis (left animal only) at Zoologische Staatssammlung München | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Hymenopodidae |
Genus: | Creobroter |
Species: | C. pictipennis
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Binomial name | |
Creobroter pictipennis Wood-Mason, 1878
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Males grow to about 1.5 in long (3.8 cm) and females are slightly larger.[1]