| Mecynorhina torquata | |
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| Mecynorhina torquata, male and female. Mounted specimen at the National Museum (Prague) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Genus: | Mecynorhina |
| Species: | M. torquata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecynorhina torquata (Drury, 1782) |
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Mecynorhina torquata is a beetle from the subfamily Cetoniinae, tribe Goliathini.
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Mecynorhina torquata is the second largest Flower Beetles in the world. It reaches about 55–85 millimetres (2.2–3.3 in) of length in the males, while the females are slightly smaller, reaching about 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) of length. The basic colour is green with whitish markings on the elytra. The males have a horn in the forehead. The larvae can reach about 80 millimetres (3.1 in) of length in the males, with a weight of about 30-40g.
These beetles are present in western Africa, mainly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Camerun and in Uganda.