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Chrysomya putoria

Status not recordedinsects

Chrysomya putoria is a species in the family Calliphoridae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about Chrysomya putoria

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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 Chrysomya putoria live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Chrysomya putoria as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Brazil

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 Chrysomya putoria 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 Chrysomya putoria classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyCalliphoridae
  6. genusChrysomya
  7. SpeciesChrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830)

Synonyms Chrysomyia ethiopyga, Musca putoria, Somomyia taeniata

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Chrysomya putoria

Other species in the same genus Chrysomya.

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Common questions

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Is Chrysomya putoria an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Chrysomya putoria as introduced in 1 country: Brazil, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Chrysomya putoria?

Chrysomya putoria (Chrysomya putoria) 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). Chrysomya putoria (Chrysomya putoria). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chrysomya-putoria

MLA

“Chrysomya putoria (Chrysomya putoria).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chrysomya-putoria.

BibTeX
@misc{chrysomya_putoria_2026,
  title = {Chrysomya putoria (Chrysomya putoria)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chrysomya-putoria},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}