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Calliphora vicina

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Calliphora vicina is a species in the family Calliphoridae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about Calliphora vicina

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Calliphora vicina live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Calliphora vicina as introduced in 2 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. South Georgia & South Sandwich Islandsinvasive
  2. South Africa

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Calliphora vicina endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Calliphora vicina classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyCalliphoridae
  6. genusCalliphora
  7. SpeciesCalliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Synonyms Calliphora algira, Calliphora erythrocephala, Calliphora insidiosa, Calliphora monspeliaca, Calliphora musca, Calliphora nana, Calliphora rufifacies, Calliphora spitzbergensis, Calliphora vicina, Musca aucta, Musca erythrocephala, Musca thuscia

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • roodwangbromvliegDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Calliphora vicina

Other species in the same genus Calliphora.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Calliphora vicina an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Calliphora vicina as invasive in 1 country: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands. It lists it as introduced in 2 in all.

What kind of animal is Calliphora vicina?

Calliphora vicina (Calliphora vicina) belongs to the family Calliphoridae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Calliphora vicina (Calliphora vicina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/calliphora-vicina

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“Calliphora vicina (Calliphora vicina).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/calliphora-vicina.

BibTeX
@misc{calliphora_vicina_2026,
  title = {Calliphora vicina (Calliphora vicina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/calliphora-vicina},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}