Blepharotes splendidissimus is a robber fly in the family Asilidae found in eastern Australia.

Recognised by its shiny black abdomen, it is the second largest of its genus.

It was described by the German naturalist Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann in 1830 as Laphria splendidissima.

[4] Walter Wilson Froggatt reported seeing it commonly in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

[4] This article related to members of the fly family Asilidae is a stub.