Cerulean Chafer Beetle (Hoplia coerulea)

Hoplia coerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Hoplia
Species:	H. coerulea
Binomial name
	Hoplia coerulea; (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
	Scarabaeus coeruleus Drury, 1773; Hoplia coerulea cosimii Sabatinelli, 1991; Hoplia coerulea nigricollis Bedel, 1911; Hoplia coerulea imposita Du Buysson, 1906; Hoplia formosa Latreille, 1807; Melolontha squamosa Olivier, 1789; Scarabaeus argenteus Geoffroy, 1785; Melolontha farinosa Fabricius, 1775;

Hoplia coerulea is a species of scarabaeid beetle belonging to the subfamily Melolonthinae. This beetle can be found in Southwest Europe, including France, Spain and Switzerland.

Males are bright blue, females are brownish.

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