Green bottle fly

Taxobox
name = Green bottle flies(greenshineflier

status = secure

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosubsectio = Calyptratae
superfamilia = Oestroidea
familia = Calliphoridae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Lucilia"
*"Phaenicia"

The name green bottle fly (or greenbottle fly) is applied to numerous species of blowfly, in the genera "Lucilia" and "Phaenicia" (the latter is sometimes considered a subgenus of the former). These flies are found in most areas of the world, and the most well-known species is the common greenbottle, "Phaenicia sericata" (or "Lucilia sericata", depending on authority), though there are other common species such as "Lucilia caesar", "Lucilia cuprina", and "Lucilia illustris". The maggots of this fly are known to preferentially consume dead tissue while leaving live tissue intact, and so have been sold for use in maggot therapy, primarily during the years before the widespread use of antibiotics.