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Blue-Shined Grasshopper (Sphingonotus rubescens)




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Blue-Shined Grasshopper - Sphingonotus rubescens
North-Africa to Central-Asia.

The following 6 subspecies are being recognized:
Sphingonotus rubescens burri - Cape Verde Islands;
Sphingonotus rubescens rubescens - North-Africa and the Middle East;
Sphingonotus rubescens afghanicus - Afghanistan;
Sphingonotus rubescens fasciatus - Iran to Turkmenistan;
Sphingonotus rubescens subfascatius - Turkmenistan.

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.


Blue-Shined GrasshopperSphingonotus rubescens rubescens
Blue-Shined Grasshopper
Sphingonotus rubescens rubescens
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