Anthaxia nitidula is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.

The adults are 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in) long.

[3] The male is completely metallic green, while the head and pronotum in the female are red and elytra are green.

Main host plants of the wood-boring larvae[3] are in the genera Amygdalus, Crataegus and Prunus.

[4] This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa.