''Gnathocera varians'' is a species of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s belonging to the family
Scarabaeidae.
Description
''Gnathocera varians'' can reach a length of about .
Distribution
This species occurs in the afrotropical region (
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 井仆井內丐中五 (Senegaali); Arabic: 塈堻媞塈 ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''R矇ewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 井仆不丐仆不五 ...
,
Burkina Faso
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,
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guin矇-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 五仆井 五之丐仃亢, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, Rep繳blica da Guin矇-Bissau, links=no ) ...
,
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 井仆不丐仆不五 丐中五, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, 堿堭堜 塈, Jumh贖riyyt Ml蘋 is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
);
Subspecies
* ''Gnathocera varians histrionica'' De Lisle, 1947
* ''Gnathocera varians roseni ''Sch羹rhoff, 1939
* ''Gnathocera varians varians'' Gory & Percheron, 1833
References
BiolibGlobal Species
Cetoniinae
Beetles described in 1833
Taxa named by Hippolyte Louis Gory
Taxa named by Achille R矇my Percheron
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