#3438 · 🪲 beetles
Blinkende prachtkever
Anthaxia nitidula
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Абинский р-н, Краснодарский край, Россия
📍 Pod Tlustou, 760 01 Zlín 1, Česko
📍 35789 Weilmünster, Germany
📍 49320 Blaison-Saint-Sulpice, France
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Guido Bohne · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Andrzej Chruślak · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Julien Preud'homme · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Абинский р-н, Краснодарский край, Россия:© macrohunter_ls · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Pod Tlustou, 760 01 Zlín 1, Česko:© daveh68 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 35789 Weilmünster, Germany:© Felix Fleck · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 49320 Blaison-Saint-Sulpice, France:© Louis-Hyacinthe Crochet · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Anthaxia nitidula is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 16 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,600 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Blinkende prachtkever
- scientific name
- Anthaxia nitidula
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Buprestidae
- sightings in NL
- 16
- sightings in Europe
- 4,496
- sightings worldwide
- 4,600
- GBIF records in NL
- 489
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Buprestidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 493972, Wikidata Q746953, GBIF 4431813, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.