Poecilus lepidus

Poecilus lepidus is a species of ground beetle^[2] that was described by Nathanael Gottfried Leske in 1785.^[1]

Poecilus lepidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Poecilus
Species:	P. lepidus
Binomial name
Poecilus lepidus (Leske 1785)[1]

Range

Poecilus lepidus lives across Europe, including the United Kingdom, and Western Russia.^[2]

Diet

Larvae of Poecilus lepidus (just like other Poecilus species) feed on the egg and larvae of other small arthropods. However, adults are omnivorous.^[3]

Subspecies

There are three subspecies:

• Poecilus lepidus lepidus^[4]
• Poecilus lepidus gressorius^[5]
• Poecilus lepidus schatzmayri^[6]