-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-Elateriform Beetles (Infraorder Elateriformia)

-Superfamily Buprestoidea

-Jewel Beetles Family (Buprestidae)

-Subfamily Chrysochroinae

-Tribe Dicercini

-Eyed Jewel Beetles (Genus Lampetis)

The genus Lampetis belongs to the family Buprestidae, commonly known as jewel beetles. Commonly associated with forests, woodlands, and savannas, where they depend on specific host plants. Adults feed on nectar, pollen, or foliage. Larvae are wood-borers, feeding on the inner bark and sapwood of host trees.