Tiger Beetles of India

Cicindelidae species recorded from India according to the World Tiger Beetle Database v54.

275

Total species

65

Country endemics

6

Genera

Key genera

Species — showing 20 of 275

Apteroessa grossa Indian Flightless Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Callytron andersoni Andersoni Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Callytron gyllenhalii gyllenhalii Gyllenhalii Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Callytron gyllenhalii immarginatum Gyllenhalii Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Callytron limosum Limosum Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Callytron malabaricum Malabaricum Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa assamensis Assamensis Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa bicolor atavus Bicolor Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa bicolor bicolor Bicolor Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa bicolor haemorrhoidalis Bicolor Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa bicolor xanthospilota Bicolor Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa fabriciana Fabriciana Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Calochroa flavomaculata flavomaculata Flavomaculata Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light; rests on illuminated pagoda walls during day) Calochroa flavomaculata lorenzi Flavomaculata Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light) Calochroa flavomaculata sexsignata Flavomaculata Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light) Calochroa flavomaculata sumbawae Flavomaculata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light) Calochroa hamiltoniana Hamiltoniana Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa octogramma labionigra Octogramma Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa octogramma octogramma Octogramma Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa octonotata Octonotata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal

Calochroa safraneki Safraneki Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa sexpunctata Sexpunctata Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light) Calochroa tritoma Tritoma Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calochroa whithillii Whithillii Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera angulata angulata Angled Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera asperula Asperula Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera aulica aulica Aulica Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera aulica tschitscherini Aulica Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera aulicoides Aulicoides Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera cardoni Cardoni Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera crespignyi Crespignyi Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera cristipennis Cristipennis Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera despectata Despectata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera fowleri Fowleri Tiger Beetle riverine-sandy · diurnal Calomera funerea Funerea Tiger Beetle riverine-sandy · diurnal Calomera funerea assimilis Funerea Tiger Beetle riverine-sandy · diurnal Calomera funerea funerea Funerea Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera funerea genetica Funerea Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera funerea multinotata Funerea Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera chloris Chloris Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera plumigera macrograptina Plumigera Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera plumigera plumigera Plumigera Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera quadripunctulata Quadripunctulata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera sanguineomaculata sanguineomaculata Sanguineomaculata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera sanguineomaculata savoensis Sanguineomaculata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela andrewesi andrewesi Andrewesi Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela andrewesi zingaroana Andrewesi Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela calligramma Calligramma Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela guttata Guttata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela aurofasciata Aurofasciata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela cyanea Cyanea Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela goryi Goryi Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela princeps ducalis Princeps Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela princeps pochoni Princeps Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela princeps princeps Princeps Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela shivah Shivah Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela granulata stoliczkana Granulata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela resplendens Resplendens Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Collyris brevipennis Short-winged Long-necked Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Collyris dohrnii indica Dohrnii Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal

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