Back Scarabaeus sacer AN جعل مقدس Arabic جعل مقدس ARZ Скарабей свяшчэнны Byelorussian Свещен скарабей Bulgarian Scarabaeus sacer CEB Vruboun posvátný Czech Scarabaeus sacer Danish Heiliger Pillendreher German Scarabaeus sacer Spanish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Scarabaeini |
| Genus: | Scarabaeus |
| Subgenus: | S. (Scarabeus) |
| Species: | S. sacer
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Scarabaeus sacer, common name sacred scarab,[1] is the type species of the genus Scarabaeus and the family Scarabaeidae. This dung beetle is native of southern Europe, northern Africa and western Asia, and it was venerated in ancient Egypt.
- ^ "Sacred Scarab - Scarabaeus sacer". Archived from the original on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2022-10-24.