| Heliocopris tyrannus | |
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| A female H. tyrannus observed in the wild in Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heliocopris |
| Species: | H. tyrannus |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliocopris tyrannus (Thomson, 1859) | |
| Synonyms | |
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