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Narrative
Horned Beetles, sub-family Dynastinnae, are worldwide in distribution with most species being found in the warmer areas.
Many of the species have giant horns and antlers giving them a very spectacular appearance.
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Coleoptera
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Beetles
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Family
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Scarabaeidae - Dynastinae
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Beetles - Scarabs - horned
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SubFamily
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References
| Title | Author | Comments |
| Giant Beetles - Euchirinae Dynastinae | Mizunuma, Tetsuo | This is a masterpiece of a book in terms of picture quality. The122 pages contain 89 pages of colored plates as well as a few black and white illustrations. This work shows almost all of the large Dynastinae and Euchirinae of the world. Many genera with smaller species are partially surveyed. |
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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