Appearance
Females are smaller than the males, and males have the mandibles enlarged and prolonged forwards. The colour of the males is typically metallic golden green or golden yellow, while females may be blue, blue-green or also dull brown. These beetles are sapro-xylophagous, feeding only on dead wood, mainly ''Eucalyptus'' species or ''Acacia''.Of the five species in the genus ''Lamprima'', only two occur on the Australian mainland; ''L. aurata'' and the closely related ''L. imberbis'', which lives in northeastern New South Wales.
Naming
In Tasmania, this species is referred to by the "common name" of Christmas beetle, a name that is normally used for beetles in the family Scarabaeidae, genus ''Anoplognathus''.References:
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