🪰Calliphora vomitoria
Calliphora vomitoria, known as the bluebottle fly, orange-bearded bluebottle, or bottlebee, is a species of blowfly, a species in the family Calliphoridae. Calliphora vomitoria is the type species of the genus Calliphora. It is common throughout many continents including Europe, Americas, and Africa. They are fairly large flies, nearly twice the size of the housefly, with a metallic blue abdomen and long orange setae on the gena.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderDiptera
- ›familyCalliphoridae
- ›genusCalliphora
- ›speciesCalliphora vomitoria
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderFlies · Diptera
- superfamilyOestroidea
- subfamilyCalliphorinae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderFlies · Diptera
- suborderBrachycera
- superfamilyOestroidea
- subfamilyCalliphorinae
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