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Rhagophthalmus
Rhagophthalmus is the type genus of the Rhagophthalmidae: a family of Asian glow-worm beetles erected by Victor Motschulsky in 1854. Species have been recorded from India, China, Taiwan, Japan and Indochina.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Rhagophthalmus motschulskyi
speciesRhagophthalmus motschulskyi

Rhagophthalmus scutellatus
speciesRhagophthalmus scutellatus

Wintry Starworm
speciesRhagophthalmus hiemalis

Rhagophthalmus ohbai
speciesRhagophthalmus ohbai
Rhagophthalmus lufengensis
speciesRhagophthalmus lufengensis

Rhagophthalmus tienmushanensis
speciesRhagophthalmus tienmushanensis
Rhagophthalmus giganteus
speciesRhagophthalmus giganteus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 358282.