Plaesiorrhina cinctuta

Plaesiorrhina cinctuta
	Plaesiorrhina cinctuta from Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Plaesiorrhina
Species:	P. cinctuta
Binomial name
	Plaesiorrhina cinctuta; (Voet, 1779)
Synonyms
	Scarabaeus cinctutus Voet, 1779 (Unavailable); Cetonia taenia Palisot de Beauvois, 1805; Plaesiorrhina recurva v. plagiata Kraatz, 1900; Plaesiorrhina ugandensis Heath, 1903; Plaesiorrhina ugandensis decepta Janson, 1911; Plaesiorrhina erythraeana Schürhoff, 1935; Plaesiorrhina cinctuta kerionis Allard, 1991;

Plaesiorrhina cinctuta is a beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.

Description

Plaesiorrhina cinctuta can reach a length of 22–25 millimetres (0.87–0.98 in). The basic colour is dark green, with a transversal orange band on the elytra.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Afrotropical region (mainly in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Uganda).

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