Calliphara excellens

Calliphara excellens is a jewel bug in the family Scutelleridae. It is distributed in Nepal and India.^[1] Males engage in ritualistic Courtship display, walking around the female, touching his abdomen to the plant before touching the female's antennae. After mating, the female oviposits into the seed of a host plant, such as Macaranga tanarius. ^[2]

Calliphara excellens
Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Scutelleridae
Subfamily:	Scutellerinae
Tribe:	Scutellerini
Genus:	Calliphara
Species:	C. excellens
Binomial name
Calliphara excellens ((Burmeister, 1834)
Synonyms
Tetyra excellens Burmeister, 1834 Tectocoris obscura Westwood, 1837 Callidea nobilis Germar, 1839 Calliphara obscura Sharp, 1890