Chelorrhina savagei

Distribution:

Zaire

Breeding hints:

Chelorrhina savagei is a medium difficult to breed species. Larvae can be raised on a humid wood-leaf substrate. If you want to achieve major specimen in your breeding you can try additives, such as silkworm powder, cat food or larvae of other non-carnivorous species. Please make sure to be careful as additives often translate into mites and mould. Keep the larvae slightly drier during pupation and breeding should not pose any problems. The only problem you might sometimes encounter is that the females lay only very few eggs and that larvae die during the pupation.

Interesting Links:

A very detailed breeding report by Norbert Lang (German language)

Please suggest links that offer more information about this species

Specimen Pictures:

Chelorrhina savagei male, Zaire © B.Harink

Pictures of living specimen:

Chelorrhina savagei male, Zaire © P. Curik

Chelorrhina savagei male, Zaire © J.Oldrich

Chelorrhina savagei male, Zaire © J.Oldrich

Chelorrhina savagei female, Zaire © J.Oldrich

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