Chrysis scutellaris is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae).

Head and chest are greenish blue while scutellum and abdomen are mainly golden red.

[2] Chrysis scutellaris fly from late June to early August.

The larvae parasitize solitary wasps (Eumenes pomiformis) and bees (Halictus maculatus).

[2] These quite common wasps can be found in most of Europe and in North Africa (Algeria, Egypt).