Cotinis nitida

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Cotinis nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Cotinis
Species: C. nitida
Binomial name
Cotinis nitida
Linnaeus, 1764

Cotinis nitida, also known as the June bug (a misnomer) or Green June beetle and several other local variants, is a beetle of the family of the dung beetles, the Scarabaeidae. It occurs in the southeastern part of the United States. It is not easily distinguished from the related southwestern species, Cotinis mutabilis.