Claim: The jade-headed buffalo beetle (or Eudicella smithii) which is easily confused with E. euthalia, has a reddish, green or blue plate covering its thorax, and ocher to yellowish forewings with a black spot on the shoulders and on the rear exterior angles.
Evidence: The males have a Y-shaped forked horn in the forehead, typical of the entire genus and used in fighting over females and in defense of territory. The color of the pronotum can be reddish, green or blue.