genus: EUDICELLA White 1839
species: euthalia Bates 1881
subspecies: oweni Allard 1985
leg. Petr Malec (4/2000); det. Milan Krajčík
origin: southern Malawi, Mulanje mt.
subspecies: resseleri Allard 1991
leg. Petr Malec (3/2000); det. Milan Krajčík
origin: Malawi, Dedza
subspecies: bertherandi Fairmare 1891
variety: nyassica Kolbe 1901
origin: Tanzania
species: trilineata Quedenfelt 1880
subspecies: interruptefasciata Kraatz 1900
species: aethiopica Müller 1941
leg.et det. Petr Malec (4/2002)
origin: western Ethiopia, Matu - prov. Illubador
species: schultzeorum Kraatz 1890
origin: Cameroon
species: gralli Buquet 1836
origin: Uganda, Mt. Elgon; Uganda, Budongo forrest
species: colmanti Braem 1907
subspecies: edohi Allard 1991
origin: Cameroon
wild imago size: 25-50 mmm, E.euthalia oweni is one of the biggest, E.trilineata or E.bertherandi belongs to smaller in genus
sexual dimorphism: Males with Y shape horn on clypeus
note:
Very popular tribe, easy to breed. Larvae can be kept together and may be feed up with lettuce or other leaf vegetable that doesn`t support mould growing. Lifecycle takes about 6-7 months, 2 months takes cocoon stage. Genus Eudicella has very difficult taxonomy. It supposed to has 22 species however most of them does not hold any distinquishing features to be earmark as a valid good species. I personally prefer simplicity when giving name to Eudicella beetles (apart from species geographically or morphologically defined such as E.aethiopica or E.ducalis) restricting mainly to "sp.euthalia Bates 1881" for E and SE african brown species, "sp.gralli Buquet 1836" for central, E and SE african banded green-yellow species and "sp.schultzeorum Kolbe 1906" for W african (e.g. Cameroon) green and abberated species. There are many different ssp. and varieties, such populations were created within phylogeny by opening and closing of natural barriers. This taxonomy is beyond the bounds of this website.
Many existing good species might be successfully breed and reproduced in captivity (E.euthalia x E.gralli x E.aethiopica).
