Eupholus is a genus of beetle

Beetle

Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...

 in the family Curculionidae

Curculionidae

Curculionidae is the family of the "true" weevils . It was formerly recognized in 1998 as the largest of any animal family, with over 40,000 species described worldwide at that time...

. The species include some of the most colourful of the weevils. The colour may be a warning to predators that they are distasteful. Most species feed upon yam leaves, some of which are toxic to other animals. The species occur in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

, West Irian, and adjacent Islands.

List of the described species

• Eupholus albofasciatus Heller, 1910
• Eupholus alternans Kirsch, 1877
• Eupholus amaliae Gestro, 1875
• Eupholus amalulu Porion, 1993
• Eupholus astrolabensis Heller, 1937
• Eupholus azureus MacLeay, 1885
• Eupholus beccari Gestro, 1875
• Eupholus bennetti Gestro, 1876
• Eupholus benningseni Heller, 1908
• Eupholus browni Bates, 1877
• Eupholus bruyni Gestro, 1885
• Eupholus chaminadei Porion, 2000
• Eupholus chevrolati Guérin-Meneville, 1830
• Eupholus cinnamomeus Pascoe, 1888
• Eupholus clarki Porion, 1993
• Eupholus compositus Faust, 1892
• Eupholus cuvieri Guérin-Meneville, 1830
• Eupholus detanii Limoges & Porion, 2004
• Eupholus dhuyi Porion, 1993
• Eupholus ducopeaui Porion, 2000
• Eupholus euphrosyne Porion, 1993
• Eupholus fleurenti Porion, 1993
• Eupholus geoffroyi Guérin-Meneville, 1830
• Eupholus helleri Porion, 1993
• Eupholus hephaistos Porion, 1993
• Eupholus hudsoni Porion, 2000
• Eupholus humeralis Heller, 1908
• Eupholus humeridens Heller, 1894
• Eupholus kotaseaoi Porion, 2000
• Eupholus kuntzmannorum Limoges & Porion, 2004
• Eupholus labbei Porion, 2000
• Eupholus lachaumei Porion, 1993
• Eupholus lacordairei Limoges & Porion, 2004
• Eupholus leblanci Limoges & Porion, 2004
• Eupholus linnei J. Thomson, 1857
• Eupholus loriae Gestro, 1902
• Eupholus magnificus Kirsch, 1877
• Eupholus malotrus Porion, 2000
• Eupholus mamberamonis Heller, 1942
• Eupholus messageri Porion, 1993
• Eupholus nagaii Porion, 1993
• Eupholus nickerli Heller, 1913
• Eupholus prasinus Heller, 1910
• Eupholus quadrimaculatus Kirsch, 1877
• Eupholus quinitaenia Heller, 1915
• Eupholus rigouti Porion, 1993
• Eupholus saugrenus Porion, 1993
• Eupholus schoenherri Guérin-Meneville, 1830
• Eupholus sofia Porion, 2000
• Eupholus suhandai Porion, 2000
• Eupholus sulcicollis Heller, 1915
• Eupholus vehti Heller, 1914
• Eupholus waigeuensis Limoges & Porion, 2004