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Description:

A dark green scarab beetle with golden painted wings.

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7 Comments

pmbagga
pmbagga 11 years ago

Very nice !!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Thanks :)

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Lovely colours :)

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Thanks everyone. I had also checked fruit chafer before you suggested but couldn't find a relation. Chiloloba is my another old spotting. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/690.... However, this might be related to this spotting, in a different color...http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7212139.

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Precioso color muy bello

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 12 years ago

Rhabdotis aulica is found in Africa, so I was leaning towards Chiloloba, a species of beetle commonly found in India. Its scientific name is Chiloloba acuta.
Unfortunately, I have no explanation for the golden specks found on your spotting.

Nevertheless, this link looks much like your spotting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiloloba_a...

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 12 years ago

It is a Fruit Chafer, but I'm not sure what the specific species is. Maybe an Emerald Fruit Chafer (Rhabdotis aulica)

Harsha Singh
Spotted by
Harsha Singh

Himachal Pradesh, India

Spotted on Apr 29, 2012
Submitted on Apr 29, 2012

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