Family Lucanidae. The males vary from gold through to green, and have enlarged mandibles lined with a dense brush of reddish bristles. Females are smaller but more lustrous, and can be green, blue or violet.
Lamprima aurata is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast | Gippsland
Maps
ANBG Bendora Reservoir Boro Bullen Range Campbell Park Woodland Commonwealth & Kings Parks Cotter Reserve Emu Creek Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Gibraltar Pines Goulburn Mulwaree Council Jerrabomberra Wetlands Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. Lower Cotter Catchment Mawson Ponds Mcleods Creek Res (Gundaroo) Mongarlowe River Mount Ainslie Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Painter Namadgi National Park Pine Island to Point Hut Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Hill Uriarra Recreation Reserve Wandiyali-Environa Conservation AreaPlaces
Ainslie, ACT Deakin, ACT Griffith, ACT Gundaroo, NSW Hall, ACT Lyons, ACT Nicholls, ACT Theodore, ACT Torrens, ACT