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title: "Violet Oil Beetle"
description: "Meloe violaceus — Insetos e aranhas. Meloe violaceus, the violet oil beetle, is a species of oil beetle belonging to the family Meloidae subfamily Meloinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/violet-oil-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Violet Oil Beetle

> Meloe violaceus — Insetos e aranhas. Meloe violaceus, the violet oil beetle, is a species of oil beetle belonging to the family Meloidae subfamily Meloinae.

- Scientific name: *Meloe violaceus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13027
- Wikidata: [Q1315694](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1315694)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130205](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130205)

## Names

- en: Violet Oil Beetle
- de: Violetter Ölkäfer
- es: Aceitera Violácea
- fr: Méloé violet
- nl: Blauwe oliekever
- pl: Oleica fioletowa

## Countries with the most observations

DK (1385), DE (1084), FR (1048), GB (738), CZ (498), AT (494), IT (360), RU (299), PL (231), HU (217), UA (165), LT (133)

## Summary

Meloe violaceus, the violet oil beetle, is a species of oil beetle belonging to the family Meloidae subfamily Meloinae.
This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa.
This species is characterised by hypermetamorphosis, a kind of complete insect metamorphosis in which, in addition to the normal stages of larva, nymph and imago, they have several others, with great differences in appearance and way of life.

The body of Meloe violaceus is 10–30 millimetres (0.4–1.2 in) long, females are somewhat larger than the males. These beetle are black-blue or…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meloe_violaceus

## Photo

![Violet Oil Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/violet-oil-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152872538

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/violet-oil-beetle?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).