{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image =Scarabaeidae - Chalcothea smaragdina.JPG | image_caption = ''Chalcothea smaragdina'' | taxon = Chalcothea | authority = Burmeister, 1842 }}
'''''Chalcothea''''' is a genus of flower chafers belonging to the family of scarab beetles<ref>[http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/chalcothea/match/1 Catalogue of life]</ref><ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id834704/ Biolib]</ref><ref>[http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chalcothea/classification/ Animal Diversity]</ref> in tribe Taenioderini.
==Description== These beetles can reach a length of {{convert|20|-|25|mm}}. 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'' <small>Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1858</small> * ''Chalcothea fruhstorferi'' <small>Kraatz, 1891</small> * ''Chalcothea resplendens'' <small>(Gory & Percheron, 1833)</small> * ''Chalcothea smaragdina'' <small>(Gory & Percheron, 1833)</small> * ''Chalcothea sumatrana'' <small>Antoine, 2000</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Cetoniinae Category:Scarabaeidae genera Category:Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister
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