Protaetia is a genus of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae, occurring primarily in Asia, and containing over 300 species.
Selected species
Protaetia acuminata (Fabricius, 1775) Protaetia affinis (Andersch, 1797) Protaetia afflicta (Gory & Percheron, 1833) Protaetia alboguttata (Vigors, 1826) Protaetia aurichalcea (Fabricius, 1775) Protaetia bipunctata (Gory & Percheron, 1833) Protaetia brevitarsis (Lewis, 1879) Protaetia conspersa Janson, 1877 Protaetia culta (Waterhouse, 1879) Protaetia cuprea (Fabricius, 1775) Protaetia elegans (Kometami, 1938) Protaetia fieberi (Kraatz, 1880) Protaetia fusca (Herbst, 1790) Protaetia haiastanica Ghrejyan & Kalashian, 2017 Protaetia lewisi Janson, 1888 Protaetia lugubris (Herbst, 1786) Protaetia mirifica (Mulsant, 1842) Protaetia opaca (Fabricius, 1787) Protaetia orientalis (Gory & Percheron, 1833) Protaetia pryeri Janson, 1888 Protaetia regalis (Blanchard, 1842) Protaetia speciosa (Adams, 1817) Protaetia spectabilis (Schaum, 1841) Protaetia ungarica (Herbst, 1790)
References
Biolib Robert E. Woodruf - The Asian mango flower beetle - INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 20, No. 3-4, September–December, 2006
External links Protaetia, the beautiful flower chafers, Natural History Museum Protaetia cuprea ignicollis in Israel: Photo 1 and Photo 2, Flickr