Protaetia aurichalcea

Protaetia aurichalcea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Genus:	Protaetia
Species:	P. aurichalcea
Binomial name
	Protaetia aurichalcea; (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
	Cetonia aurichalcea

Protaetia aurichalcea is a species of flower-chafer beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Asia.

The ground colour of the beetle is bronze with white markings on the elytra. Males have spines apical elytral angles.[1] Like other flower-beetles, adults visit flowers but they are known to sometimes visit bee hives and feed on pollen collected.[2]

References

Arrow, G.J. (1910). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia (Cetoniinae and Dynastinae). London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 143–144.
Rangarajan, D.V. (1964). "Protaetia aurichalcea F. (Cetonidae). A new beetle feeding on stores of Apis indica F.". Indian Bee Journal. 26 (2): 26.

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[1] Arrow, G.J. (1910). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia (Cetoniinae and Dynastinae). London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 143–144.

[2] Rangarajan, D.V. (1964). "Protaetia aurichalcea F. (Cetonidae). A new beetle feeding on stores of Apis indica F.". Indian Bee Journal. 26 (2): 26.