species: margineguttata Gory et Percheron 1833
origin: French Guyana
genus: GYMNETIS MacLeay 1819
species: chalcipes Gory et Percheron 1833
origin: Brazil
genus: GYMNETIS MacLeay 1819
species: flavomarginata Blanchard 1837
subspecies: pudibunda Burmeister 1866
origin: Argentina
wild imago size: 20-25mm
sexual dimorphism: females from ventral side glossy, males are gleamless
note: Larvae have no special feed demands. Adults live up to several months. Many species of genus Gymnetis have already been reproduced in captivity: G.chalcipes, G.flavomarginata ssp.pudibunda, G.hieroglyphica. Other commonly bred species like G.pantherina or G.holosericea are newly considered as genus Gymnetosoma. All come from neotropical area - mainly South America.
Gymnetosoma margineguttata, male (left) and female (right)
Gymnetis(Paragymnetis) chalcipes
Gymnetis flavomarginata ssp. pudibunda, >> Gymentis spec., Panama (coll. Julien Touroult)
