Heterorhina elegans is a species of scarab beetle found in India and Sri Lanka that belongs to the flower chafer subfamily.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Heterorrhina elegans being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ischiopsopha wallacei
- Trigonophorus rothschildi
- Chlorocala africana
- Rhomborhina mellyi
- Pseudotorynorrhina fortunei
- Rhomborhina resplendens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Heterorrhina
- Species
- Heterorrhina elegans
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