Chrysina adolphi Chevrolat, 1859

Monzón-Sierra, José, Blackaller-Bages, Julian Federico & Hawks, David C., 2020, Description of a new species of Chrysina Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from the Sierra Azul, Oaxaca, Mexico, a new synonymy, and notes on Chrysina species found in the Sierra Azul, Insecta Mundi 2020 (803), pp. 1-7 : 6

Chrysina adolphi Chevrolat, 1859

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This is a common species of Chrysina that is known from the Sierra Madre del Sur in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. It has been found in humid oak and pine-oak forests at elevations between 750 and 2300 meters above sea level. Specimens were found in the Sierra Azul in Santiago Clavellinas at elevations between 2100 and 2300 m in pine-oak forests (Ten males and 14 females) during August–September 2018 and July 2019. Adults have been observed to feed on the leaves of oak trees ( Quercus species) in Oaxaca and Guerrero (e.g., Boucard 1875).

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Figures 1–9. Dorsal and ventral habitus of adult Chrysina specimens (1×). 1–2) C. clavellina Holotype male. 3–4) C. clavellina female. 5) C. lacordairei. 6) C. adelaida red morph. 7) C. adelaida green morph. 8) C. expansa. 9) C. adolphi.