-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)haga)

-Scarabaeiform Beetles (Infraorder Scarabaeiformia)

-Scarabs, Stag Beetles, and Allies (Superfamily Scarabaeidae)

-Scarabs (Family Scarabaeidae)

-Shining Leaf Chafers (Subfamily Rutelinae)

-Tribe Rutelini

-Subtribe Pelidnotina

-Precious Metal Scarabs (Genus Pelidnota)

-Pelidnota virescens

The Pelidnota virescens is a beetle species in the scarab family Scarabaeidae and the subfamily Rutelinae (commonly called shining leaf chafers). This beetle is notable for its metallic sheen, which is characteristic of many species in the genus Pelidnota.