Five-horned rhinoceros beetle
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phylum | Arthropoda | Eupatorus gracilicornis, the five-horned rhinoceros beetle is a beetle that has four large horns on the prothorax and one extra-long cephalic horn. The five-horned rhinoceros beetle has been found in China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Its coloring is shiny jet-black, while the elytra or fore wings are colored yellow or gold. The body is covered by a thick exoskeleton and a pair of thick wings lay atop another set of membranous wings underneath, allowing the beetle to fly, although not very efficiently, owing to its large size.
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Class | Insecta | |
order | Coleoptera | |
family | Scarabaeidae | |
subfamily | Dynastinae | |
genus | Eupatorus | |
specis | E. gracilicornis |