Protaetia speciosa is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae and subfamily Cetoniinae.

The basic colour of the body typically is metallic golden-green, but depending on subspecies sometimes red or blue.

These beetles feed primarily on tree sap and fruits.

The larvae develop in rotten wood of deciduous trees, mainly oak and willow.

This flower beetle is present in the Near East and far southeastern Europe, in northern Iraq, Syria, northern Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, southernmost Russia and Romania.