Clanoptilus elegans

{{short description|Species of beetle}}

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| image = Clanoptilus elegans-pjt.jpg

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Coleoptera

| subordo = Polyphaga

| infraordo = Cucujiformia

| superfamilia = Cleroidea

| familia = Melyridae

| genus = Clanoptilus

| subgenus = Clanoptilus

| species = C. elegans

| binomial = Clanoptilus elegans

| binomial_authority = (Olivier, 1790)GA Olivier - Encyclopédie méthodique, histoire naturelle, insectes, 1790

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision =

• Clanoptilus elegans var. haemorroidalis Abeille de Perrin
• Clanoptilus elegans var. purpureonotatus Pic

| synonyms =

• Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) elegans (Olivier 1790)
• Malachius elegans Olivier, 1790

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Clanoptilus elegans is a species of beetles belonging to the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles. It is found in Europe.