Of the cetoniine scarabs that live in Africa, Ranzania splendens is perhaps one of the most striking in color scheme.  The pronotum is a brilliant iridescent green which changes in hue depending upon the angle from which it is viewed.  The elytra are very white with a bold black stripe near the lower margin of each.  The clypeus of the male is greatly lengthened into a wide, flat structure which somewhat resembles a duck's bill.  The very long legs are of the same iridescent green as the pronotum.  The scutellum (the V-shaped plate between the pronotum and elytra) is large and triangular.  Another species of the genus, R. bertolonii, looks similar to R. splendens except that the clypeus of the male has three distinctive points projecting from the front.