Protaetia cuprea
Protaetia cuprea, also known as the copper chafer, is a species of chafer in the family Scarabaeidae.[2]
| Protaetia cuprea | |
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| Protaetia cuprea ignicollis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Protaetia |
| Species: | P. cuprea |
| Binomial name | |
| Protaetia cuprea (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Taxonomy
Protaetia cuprea contains the following subspecies:[1]
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. adelheid Mitter, 2017
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. alainilerestifi (Montreuil & Legrand, 2010)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. algerica Motschulsky, 1849
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. bourgini Ruter, 1967
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. brancoi Baraud, 1992
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. cuprea
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. daurica (Motschulsky, 1860)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. ferreriesensis (Compte-Sart & Carreras-Torrent, 2013)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. hesperica (Motschulsky, 1849)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. hypocrita (Ragusa, 1905)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. ignicollis (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. ikonomovi (Miksic, 1958)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. levantina (Schatzmayr, 1936)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. mehrabii (Montreuil & Legrand, 2008)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. metallica (Herbst, 1782)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. obscura (Andersch, 1797)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. olivacea (Mulsant, 1842)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. viridiaurata (Fuente, 1897)
- Protaetia cuprea subsp. volhyniensis (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
References
- "Protaetia cuprea". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- Citizen science observations for Protaetia cuprea at iNaturalist
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