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Northern Rose Chafer

Protaetia cuprea

Classification

Class
Insecta

Protaetia cuprea, also known as the copper chafer, is a species of chafer in the family Scarabaeidae. This species is also known as the rose chafer and has a wide geographic distribution, extending from Canary Islands, Portugal, and Spain to the west towards Vladivostok in the Russian Far East, Mongolia, and North China. This species forages for pollen from flowers and fruits, such as apples, from trees.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 1,116Netherlands · 28Luxembourg · 9United Kingdom · 8Belgium · 2FranceItalySpainSwitzerland