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Cetoniinae
Green metallic beetle (head & pronotum) with brown coper wings and lamellate antennae.
Spotted during a day walk in Bandung, Indonesia, rainforest area.
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. Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles, comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Scarabaeidae Subfamily: Cetoniinae
Spotted on Nov 6, 2015
Submitted on Apr 1, 2017
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