''Stephanorrhina'' is a genus of the family
Scarabaeidae, subfamily
Cetoniinae and tribe
Goliathini.
Description and Distribution
The basic colours of the species belonging to this genus vary from purple to light-green, usually with bright white spots in the
elytra. The species can reach about in length. Usually males have two small and two large horns (
sexual dimorphism
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). Life cycle from egg to imago takes about six-eight months, with two-four months in cocoon stage. They are present in
Malawi
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,
Tanzania
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,
Kenya
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Uganda
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, SW
Ethiopia
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and
Cameroon
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.
List of species
* ''
Stephanorrhina adelpha'' Kolbe, 1897
* ''
Stephanorrhina bella'' (Waterhouse, 1879)
* ''
Stephanorrhina guttata'' (Olivier, 1789)
* ''
Stephanorrhina haroldi'' Kolbe, 1892
* ''
Stephanorrhina isabellae'' Allard, 1990
* ''
Stephanorrhina julia'' (Waterhouse, 1879)
* ''
Stephanorrhina neumanni'' (Kolbe, 1897)
* ''
Stephanorrhina princeps'' Oberthür, 1880
* ''
Stephanorrhina simillima'' (Westwood, 1842)
* ''
Stephanorrhina simplex'' Péringuey, 1907
* ''
Stephanorrhina tibialis'' (Waterhouse, 1879)
References
Biolib
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Cetoniinae