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Cetoniinae Leach, 1815 - Fruit & Flower Chafers |
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Cetoniinae
Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles, comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and flower chafers, flower beetles and flower scarabs. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed. Wikipedia
Tribe: Cetoniini Leach, 1815
Genera: Campsiura, Gametis, Glycyphana, Protaetia
Campsiura nigripennis cingalensis
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Gametis histrio
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Gametis histrio
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Glycyphana nicobarica
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Glycyphana pygmaea
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Glycyphana quadricolor sinuata
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Protaetia acuminata
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Protaetia chaminadei
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Protaetia fusca
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Protaetia niveoguttata
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Tribe: Schizorhinini Burmeister, 1842
Genera: Thaumastopeus
Thaumastopeus nigritus
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Tribe: Taenioderini Mikšić, 1976
Genera: Euselates, Ixorida, Taeniodera
Euselates delponti
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Ixorida regia sumatrana
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Ixorida (Ixorida) mouhotii
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Taeniodera malabariensis simillima
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