Chalcopteroides cupripennis

Rainbow darkling beetle at Parkes, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.141719-35.298497
• Altitude 578.0m
• Maps Lake Burley Griffin Central/East Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain
• Places Parkes, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 6 Jan 2026 05:28 AM Recorded on
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  TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Chalcopteroides cupripennis

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

• Chalcopteroides cupripennis Scientific name
• Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 986m Recorded at altitude
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