title: Chalcothea
text: # Chalcothea
  
  Chalcothea is a genus of flower chafers belonging to the family scarab beetles.
  
  ## Description
  
  These beetles can reach a length of 20–25 millimetres (0.79–0.98 in). The body is oblong, with distinct "neck" between head and pronotum. Elytra are metallic green and much broader than pronotum.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Species within this genus are present in the Southeast Asia.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Chalcothea affinis Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1858
  * Chalcothea fruhstorferi Kraatz, 1891
  * Chalcothea resplendens (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
  * Chalcothea smaragdina (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
  * Chalcothea sumatrana Antoine, 2000
  