| Prosopocoilus antilope | |
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| Prosopocoilus antilope from São Tomé Island. Male and female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Genus: | Prosopocoilus |
| Species: | P. antilope |
| Binomial name | |
| Prosopocoilus antilope (Swederus, 1787) | |
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Prosopocoilus antilope is a species of beetles of the family Lucanidae.
Description
Prosopocoilus antilope can reach a length of about 23–47 millimetres (0.91–1.85 in) in males, of about 21–27 millimetres (0.83–1.06 in) in females.
Distribution
This species occurs in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.
References
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Prosopocoilus antilopus | |
| Lucanus antilopus | |
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