Chrysina limbata Photo by: K. Robacker. .

Distribution: Mexico to Ecuador.

Revision or Synopsis: Morón, M. A. 1990. The Beetles of the World. Vol. 10: Rutelini 1. Sciences Nat. Venette, France. 145 pp., 32 plates.

Biological Data: Found in primary pine, juniper, and pine-oak forests between 50-3800m. Adults are frequently attracted to lights. Larvae live in rotten logs. Species feed on the foliage (adults) or rotting logs (larvae) of various trees including species in the genera Abies, Alnus, Arbutus, Heliocarpus, Juglans, Juniperus, Liquidambar, Pinus, Platanus, Quercus, and Turpinia.

Temporal distribution: February-December.

Composition: 103 species.

Species profiles: (click on species names)

C. adelaida	C. howdenorum
C. adolphi	C. intermedia
C. alfredolaui	C. karschi
C. alphabarrerai	C. lacordairei
C. amalia	C. laniventris
C. arellanoi	C. lecontei
C. argenteola	C. limbata
C. aurigans	C. luteomarginata
C. auripes	C. macropus
C. aurofoveata	C. magnistriata
C. auropunctata	C. marginata
C. aurora	C. mercedesae
C. badeni	C. miguelangeli
C. baileyana	C. misteca
C. batesi	C. modesta
C. beckeri	C. moroni
C. benesi	C. nogueirai
C. beraudi	C. occidentalis
C. beyeri	C. ohausi
C. blackalleri	C. optima
C. boucardi	C. oreicola
C. brevis	C. orizabae
C. bruyeai	C. pastori
C. cavei	C. paulseni
C. centralis	C. pehlkei
C. chalcothea	C. peruviana
C. chloreis	C. plusiotina
C. chrysargyrea	C. prasina
C. chrysopedila	C. prototelica
C. citlaltepetlamayatli	C. psittacina
C. clypealis	C. purpurata
C. colima	C. purulhensis
C. confusa	C. quetzalcoatli
C. costata	C. quiche
C. crassimargo	C. ratcliffei
C. cunninghami	C. resplendens
C. cupreomarginata	C. rodriguezi
C. curoei	C. sallaei
C. cusuquensis	C. schusteri
C. dianae	C. sirenicola
C. difficilis	C. spectabilis
C. diversa	C. strasseni
C. donthomasi	C. tapantina
C. dzidorhum	C. taylori
C. ericsmithi	C. tecunumani
C. erubescens	C. terroni
C. expansa	C. tricolor
C. eyai	C. triumphalis
C. flohri	C. turckheimi
C. giesberti	C. veraguana
C. gloriosa	C. victorina
C. gorda	C. woodi
C. guatemalensis	C. xalixteca
C. guaymi	C. zapoteca
C. halffteri
C. hawksi