Chrysochroa edwardsii is a beetle of the Buprestidae family.
Chrysochroa edwardsii can reach a length of about 40 millimetres (1.6 in).
Elytra are metallic green, with a large and rounded yellow-orange transversal band.
[1] Pronotum can be greenish with a strong metallic red tint[1] or dark purple and the legs are bright green.
Only the yellow-orange band shows a medium to high reflectance in the near-infrared part of the spectrum.