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Xylotrupes gideon.jpg

Xylotrupes gideon  (Linnaeus, 1767)


Home > Insects > Coleoptera > Scarabaeoidea > Scarabaeidae > Dynastinae > ​​Xylotrupes gideon
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Tribe: Dynastini
​Genus: Xylotrupes
Species: gideon

  • Common names: Siamese rhinoceros beetle, Fighting beetle
  • Distribution: Bangladesh, Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Kampuchea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai
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  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Xylotrupes gideon from Thailand.
Xylotrupes gideon Chiang Mai October 2019.jpg
Xylotrupes gideon, Chiang Mai, October 2019
Xylotrupes gideon Chiang Mai Oct 2019.jpg
Xylotrupes gideon, Chiang Mai, October 2019

References: 
iNaturalist
Brisbane Insects
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Wikipedia 
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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