Calliphara nobilis  (Linnaeus, 1763)
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Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Family: Scutelleridae
Subfamily: Scutellerinae
​Genus: Calliphara
Species: nobilis

  • Common names: Mangrove jewel bug.
  • Distribution: In Asia, from China and Burma, through Malaysia and the Philippines to Borneo. The easternmost limit of its distribution runs through Halmahera, Sulawesi and Flores.
  • Image locations: Nakhon Si Thammarat
  • Hosts: Acer oblongum (Himalayan maple), Casearia sp., Excoecaria agallocha (Milky mangrove), Gossypium hirsutum (Mexican cotton), Macaranga tanarius​, Phyllanthus sp., Rhizophora sp., Ricinus communis (Castor oil plant), Santalum album (Indian sandalwood), Xanthium strumarium (common cocklebur)
  • Additional notes: The larvae live exclusively on the mangrove E. algallocha.
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Image locations
Images of Calliphara nobilis from Thailand
Calliphara nobilis Khao Ramron Nakhon Si Thammarat June 2017.jpg
Calliphara nobilis, Khao Ramron, Nakhon Si Thammarat, June 2017
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Calliphara nobilis (Linnaeus, 1763) Nakhon Si Thammarat, July 2016
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Calliphara nobilis (Linnaeus, 1763) Nakhon Si Thammarat, July 2016
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Calliphara nobilis (Linnaeus, 1763) Nakhon Si Thammarat, July 2016
References: 
​NDSU Plant Host Records Scutelleridae
​GBIF