| Theodosia | |
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| Theodosia chewi, Borneo | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Tribe: | Phaedimini |
| Genus: | Theodosia Thomson, 1880 |
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Theodosia is a genus in the scarab beetle family Scarabaeidae. There are about 19 described species in Theodosia, found in Southeast Asia. [1] [2]
These 19 species belong to the genus Theodosia:
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