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Adoretus versutus

Status not recordedbeetles

Adoretus versutus is a species in the family Scarabaeidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about Adoretus versutus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Adoretus versutus live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Adoretus versutus as introduced in 2 countries, and flagged as invasive in all of them.

  1. New Caledoniainvasive
  2. Vanuatuinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Adoretus versutus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Adoretus versutus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyScarabaeidae
  6. genusAdoretus
  7. SpeciesAdoretus versutus Harold, 1869

Synonyms Adoretus bangalorensis, Adoretus insularis, Adoretus vestitus, Adoretus vitiensis

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Relatives of Adoretus versutus

Other species in the same genus Adoretus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Adoretus versutus an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Adoretus versutus as invasive in 2 countries: New Caledonia and Vanuatu. It lists it as introduced in 2 in all.

What kind of animal is Adoretus versutus?

Adoretus versutus (Adoretus versutus) belongs to the family Scarabaeidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Adoretus versutus (Adoretus versutus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/adoretus-versutus

MLA

“Adoretus versutus (Adoretus versutus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/adoretus-versutus.

BibTeX
@misc{adoretus_versutus_2026,
  title = {Adoretus versutus (Adoretus versutus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/adoretus-versutus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}