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I got as far as Protaetia with this one. Anyone ?

For me, Protaetia cuprea metallica, but I'm not sure 100% waiting confirmation.

Bye Claudio

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Christopher Lee

Yep, P. cuprea complex (but not P. c. metallica, to me).

This publication could be helpfull, but I haven't... :
GALANT M. 2000: Reflexions sur la faune de l’île de Lesbos.
Cetoniimania 1 : 17–19

Stéphane

It looks like P. cuprea cuprina, but I don't know if this subspecies lives in Greece.

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Adrian

Hi all !

Thanks for the input guys ! Much appreciated. BUT ...get me a name for it I think it has something to do with Turkish fauna, not the greek. I have collected a few, more than that...of cuprea from Greece, but none of them looks like this. What I read, it could be levantina or some strange cuprina...

@Stephane, do you know where to get that paper ?

Yes Zdeno, it should be something close to cuprina...

I have not the paper, but I will try to get it !

Hi,

I have just received the paper of Galant and some Protaetia from Lesbos : no doubt, here, we have P. cuprea cuprina !

Yes, Stephane ! Thanks a lot for confirmation !