Smaragdesthes africana
Chlorocala africana | |
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Chlorocala africana africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
Genus: | Smaragdesthes |
Species: | S. africana |
Binomial name | |
Smaragdesthes africana (Drury, 1773) | |
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Smaragdesthes africana is a species of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
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)
Gallery
- Smaragdesthes africana africana from Uganda
- Smaragdesthes africana smaragdina from Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Smaragdesthes africana oertzeni. Museum specimen
- Smaragdesthes africana oertzeni
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