''Chondrorrhina plana'' is a
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
belonging to the family
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...
.
[Serrano, A. R. M., Capela, R. A., Nunes, T. & Santos, C. Van-Dú-Nem Neto (2020) The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Angola: a descriptive checklist with new records and synonymic notes, Zootaxa 4776: 1-130]
Description
''Chondrorrhina plana'' can reach a length of about . The basic colour is dark green, with a transversal orange marking on the elytra.
Distribution
This species can be found in southern Africa.
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References
Beetles described in 1821
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