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Subfamily Rutelini - Beetles - Scarabs - Plusiotus And Macraspis

*Chlorota species*	*Chasmodia species*	*Chrysophora chrysochloa*	*Chrysina macropus*	*Cotalpa aurescens*
*Cotalpa lanigera*	*Heterosternus rodriguezi*	*Lagochile species*	*Macraspis clavata*	*Macraspis dichroa*
*Macraspis lucida*	*Macraspis lucida*	*Macraspis mixtus*	*Macraspis pantochloris*	*Macraspis rufonitida*
*Macraspis species Black*	*Macropoides crassipes*	*Pelidnota aeruginosa*	*Pelidnota auriera*	*Pelidnota cyanipes*
*Pelidnota fulvipennis*	*Pelidnota granulata ?*	*Pelidnota kirbyi*	*Pelidnota laevissima*	*Pelidnota liturella*
*Pelidnota lugubris*	*Pelidnota notata*	*Pelidnota prasina*	*Pelidnota pulchella*	*Pelidnota punctata*
*Pelidnota punctulata*	*Pelidnota strigosa*	*Pelidnota unicolor*	*Plusiotus adelaida*	*Plusiotus argenteola*
*Plusiotus badeni*	*Plusiotus beyeri*	*Plusiotus batesi*	*Plusiotus batesi*	*Plusiotus chalcothea*
*Plusiotus chrysargyrea*	*Plusiotus costata*	*Plusiotus gloriosa*	*Plusiotus lecontei*	*Plusiotus marginata*
*Plusiotus resplendens*	*Plusiotus sallei*	*Plusiotus victorinus*	*Plusiotus woodi*	*Plusiotus aurora*
*Rutela histrio*	*Rutela laeta*	*Rutela lineola*	*Thyridium species Number One*	*Thyridium species Number Two*
*Cotalpa lanigera*	*Pelidnota sumptuosa*	*Plusiotus boucardi*	*Plusiotus chrysopedila*

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Rutelinae are a subfamily of the Scarab Beetles. These beetles can be very highly colored. Rutelinae are commonly found in North and South America.

Genus Plusiotus is found from Texas and Arizona south to Central Colombia and then to Ecuador. Several of the species in this genus are highly reflective and appear to be either gold or silver. Some of the kinds are highly valued by museums because of their unusual appearance and rarity. Such names as the Gold Beetle and the Silver Beetle have been given to several of the species in the genus Plusiotus. Typically, a camera is unable to capture the color. Some of these Plusiotus beetles are very spectacular.

Pelidnota genus is also in the Rutelinae and contains some highly colored species. Pelidnota punctata is very common in eastern North America.

Taxonomy

	Latin	English
Kingdom	Animalia	Animal
Phylum	Arthropoda	Jointed Legged Animals
Class	Insecta	Insects
Order	Coleoptera	Beetles
Family	Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae	Beetles - Scarabs - Part
SubFamily	Rutelini	Beetles - Scarabs - Plusiotus And Macraspis

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Cytheitis	schultzei
Graphium	arcesilaus
Graphium	earis
Graphium	hipparchus
Graphium	iphitas
Graphium	orthosilaus
Iphimedeia	niepelti
Iphimedeia	richardus

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