Smaragdesthes africana

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Kingdom Animalia Family Scarabaeidae Genus Smaragdesthes Phylum Arthropoda Order Beetle		Class Insecta Subfamily Cetoniinae Scientific name Smaragdesthes africana Rank Species

Similar Smaragdesthes, Beetle, Chlorocala africana, Stephanorrhina, Anatolian rock lizard

Chlorocala smaragdesthes africana oertzeni

Smaragdesthes africana is a species of flower beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.

Smaragdesthes africana oertzeni

Description

Smaragdesthes africana can reach a length of about 19–24 millimetres (0.75–0.94 in). This species is the most common of the genus Smaragdesthes. It has an elongated body with various shades of iridescent green, red or purple colours, depending on subspecies. They are easy to breed, highly fertile and the development is relatively fast.

Distribution

This species occurs in the afrotropical region (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo).

Subspecies

Smaragdesthes africana africana (Drury, 1773)

Smaragdesthes africana camerunica (Moser, 1910)

Smaragdesthes africana insularis (Schauer, 1941)

Smaragdesthes africana kilimana (Kolbe, 1907)

Smaragdesthes africana massaica Allard, 1991

Smaragdesthes africana meridionalis (Schürhoff, 1935)

Smaragdesthes africana mutica (Harold, 1878)

Smaragdesthes africana nigritarsis (Schürhoff, 1935)

Smaragdesthes africana oertzeni Kolbe, 1895

Smaragdesthes africana opalina Allard, 1991

Smaragdesthes africana pembana Allard, 1991

Smaragdesthes africana smaragdina (Voet, 1779)

Smaragdesthes africana sodwana Allard, 1991

Smaragdesthes africana subsuturalis (Kraatz, 1891)

Smaragdesthes africana tschindeana (Schoch, 1898)

Smaragdesthes africana umtaliensis (Schauer, 1941)

Smaragdesthes africana viridis (Kolbe, 1897)

References

Smaragdesthes africana Wikipedia

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