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Species Euphoria leucographa

Euphoria leucographa? - Euphoria leucographa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)

Tribe Cetoniini

Genus Euphoria

Species leucographa (Euphoria leucographa)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euphoria leucographa (Gory and Percheron) - revised status (1)

Euphoria rufina Gory and Percheron - New synonymy (1)

Explanation of Names

leucographa (G). 'white writing' (2)

Range

AZ / Mex. - Map (1)(3)

Season

mostly June-Oct (1)

See Also

Sympatric with Euphoria sonorae Bates which has a red form similar to E. leucographa (1)

Typical black form shown here:

Euphoria sonorae Bates

Works Cited

1.	Monographic revision of the American genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) Jesus Orozco. 2012. The Coleopterists Society.

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 January, 2013 - 9:19am
Last updated 1 March, 2023 - 7:50pm

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