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Pachnoda savignyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Pachnoda
Species:	P. savignyi
Binomial name
Pachnoda savignyi Gory & Percheron, 1833
Synonyms
Gory & Percheron, 1833 Cetonia aurantia Gory & Percheron, 1833

Pachnoda savignyi, the sun beetle, is a beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.

Subspecies

• Pachnoda savignyi consentanea Schaum, 1844
• Pachnoda savignyi savignyi (Gory & Percheron, 1833)

Description

Pachnoda savignyi can reach a length of about 23–25 millimetres (0.91–0.98 in). These beetles have slightly flat, square robust bodies with a dark brown-and-yellow or orange colour pattern.

Distribution

This species can be found in North Africa (Morocco, Egypt, Senegal, Chad, and Mali).

Etymology

The species name honours Marie Jules César Savigny.

References

1. Catalogue of life
2. ^ GBIF
3. Biolib
4. ^ Kaefer-der-welt
5. ^ Beetles Space

• Gory M.H. & Percheron M.A. (1833) Monographie des Cétoines et genres voisins, formant dans les familles naturelles de Latreille, le division des Scarabées Mélitophiles, J.B.Baillière's editor. Paris :1-410
• Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database. Schoolmeesters P.,

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• Cetoniinae
• Beetles described in 1833
• Taxa named by Hippolyte Louis Gory
• Taxa named by Achille Rémy Percheron
• Cetoniinae stubs