Stag BeetleStag Beetle| Chili 1987 | Chili 1948 | Chili 1995 |
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| Darwin's Stag Beetle Chiasognathus granti (Lucanidae) |
Darwin's Stag Beetle Chiasognathus granti (Lucanidae) |
Darwin's Stag Beetle Chiasognathus granti (Lucanidae) |
| Sao Tome & Principe 1996 | Czechoslovakia 1962 | Republic of Equatorial Guinea 1978 | Japan 1987 |
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| Giant Stag Beetle Lucanus elaphus (Lucanidae) |
European Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus (Lucanidae) |
Chestnut-color Stag Beetle Lucanus capreolus (Lucanidae) |
Stag Beetle Lucanus maculifemoratus (Lucanidae) |
| Taiwan 2008 | Japan 1986 | Taiwan 1997 | Taiwan 2008 |
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| Stag Beetle Lucanus datunesis (Lucanidae) |
Giant Stag Beetle Dorcus hopei (Lucanidae) |
Giant Stag Beetle Dorcus tormosanus (Lucanidae) |
Giant Stag Beetle Dorcus schenklingi (Lucanidae) |
| Netherlands New Guinea 1961 | Mongolia 1991 | Norfolk Island 1989 | Taiwan 2008 |
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| Papua Golden Stag Beetle Lamprima adolphinae (Lucanidae) |
Papua Golden Stag Beetle Lamprima adolphinae (Lucanidae) |
Aenea Golden Stag Beetle Lamprima aenea (Lucanidae) |
Narrow Red Stag Cyclommatus asahinai (Lucanidae) |
| Democratic Republic of Congo 1971 | Ghana 2002 | Thailand 2001 | Bolivia 2001 |
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| African Red Stag Beetle Metopodontus savagei (Lucanidae) |
Tarandus Giant Stag Beetle Mesotopus tarandus (Lucanidae) |
Giraffa Saw Stag Beetle Cladognathus giraffa (Lucanidae) |
Feisthameli Stag Beetle Sphaenognathus feisthameli (Lucanidae) |
| Taiwan 2008 | Japan 2013 | Republic of Togo 1996 | Republic of Gabon 1978 |
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| Stag Beetle Neolucanus swinhoei (Lucanidae) |
Insular Endemic Stag Beetle Neolucanus insulicola donan (Lucanidae) |
Black-stripe Stag Beetle (Male) Odontolabis curera (Lucanidae) |
Field Form Stag Beetle Homoderus mellyi (Lucanidae) |
| Poland | Russia 2013 | Liechtenstein | Australia 2014 |
| 1997 BRASS | BRASS+COPPER-NICKEL | 2021 COPPER-NICKEL | ALUMINUM BRONZE |
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| European Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus (Lucanidae) |
European Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus (Lucanidae) |
European Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus (Lucanidae) |
Rainbow Stag Beetle Phalacrognathus muelleri (Lucanidae) |
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| Darwin's Stag Beetle Chiasognathus granti (Lucanidae) (COLEOPTERA) |
Elaphus Narrow Red Stag Cyclommatus elaphus (Lucanidae) (COLEOPTERA) |
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| Saw Stag Beetle Prosopocoilus inclinatus (Lucanidae) (COLEOPTERA) |
Dissimilis Saw Stag Beetle (Black) Prosopocoilus dissimilis elegans (Lucanidae) (COLEOPTERA) |
Saw Stag Beetle (Orange) Prosopocoilus dissimilis elegans (Lucanidae) (COLEOPTERA) |
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| Lessar Blue Stag Beetle Platycerus acuticollis (Lucanidae) (COLEOPTERA) |
Papua Golden Stag Beetle Lamprima adolphinae (Lucanidae) (COLEOPTERA) |
Aurata Golden Stag Beetle Lamprima aurata (Lucanidae) (COLEOPTERA) |
Rainbow Stag Beetle Phalacrognathus muelleri (Lucanidae) (COLEOPTERA) |
Field Form Stag Beetle Homoderus mellyi (Lucanidae) (COLEOPTERA) |
The male of Darwin's Stag Beetle drawn on one kind in 25 kinds of Gay natural history magazine 100-year commemorative stamps issued with dust in 1948 is Stag beetle famous for that the form has changed and the beautiful thing of color from ancient times. Although a color is brown, reflection like a rainbow is carried out according to the hit condition of light. It lives only in the high ground in the Andes of dust, and mountain, such as Ecuador and Bolivia, requires the similar kind. Although various Stag beetle is in the world now, Darwin's Stag Beetle is the oldest kind and is considered that a primitive form is shown. It turns out that the fossil of this kind of female was found from near the Caspian Sea, and it was widely distributed also over the Eurasian Continent and was prosperous in the once warm time. What environmental change has influenced how until it declines gradually, narrows a habitat region and comes to maintain life at Andes mountain at last?
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