Stephanorrhina guttata
| Stephanorrhina guttata | |
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| Stephanorrhina guttata. Mounted specimen at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Stephanorrhina |
| Species: | S. guttata |
| Binomial name | |
| Stephanorrhina guttata (Olivier, 1789) | |
Stephanorrhina guttata, common name Spotted Flower Beetle, is a species of beetles belonging to the Scarabaeidae family, Cetoniinae subfamily, tribe Goliathini.
Description
Stephanorrhina guttata can reach about 25 millimetres (0.98 in) in length. It has a brilliant metallic green and red coloration, with white spots on the elytra.
Distribution
This species occurs in Cameroon and Nigeria.
Subspecies
- Stephanorrhina guttata aschantica Schürhoff, 1942
- Stephanorrhina guttata colini Schürhoff, 1942
- Stephanorrhina guttata insularis Allard, 1989
- Stephanorrhina guttata meridionalis Allard, 1991
- Stephanorrhina guttata uelensis Allard, 1991
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