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Calochroa flavomaculata flavomaculata

Flavomaculata Tiger Beetle

(Hope, 1831)

Oriental / Palearctic IUCN NE

Rank

Subspecies

Authorship

(Hope, 1831)

Tribe

Cicindelini

Subtribe

Cicindelina

Body length

14.5 mm

Habitat

open-ground

Activity

diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light; rests on illuminated pagoda walls during day)

Wing type

macropterous

Countries

Data level

full

Diagnosis & identification

KEY vs sexpunctata: (1) genae GLABROUS (sexpunctata: white setose); (2) pronotum WHOLLY glabrous incl. margins (sexpunctata: margins setose); (3) 3 elytral spots in CURVED line, basal spot deflected toward margin (sexpunctata: straight line, 1st not deflected); (4) robust body vs slender sexpunctata. Habitat: rice fields/grassy/river banks vs sexpunctata brackish coastal.

Similar taxa: Resembles *Calomera*, *Cosmodela*, *Jundlandia*

Etymology

From Greek *kalós* (beautiful) + *chróa/chroia* (colour, skin) — "beautiful colour", referring to brilliantly coloured dorsum.

Seasonal activity

Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)

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Green = active months · Orange = peak. Peak: VII-VIII

Distribution

Pakistan, Nepal, India (Andaman and Nicobar Isl., Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Taiwan), Philippines

Countries: Bangladesh · China · India · Laos · Sri Lanka · Myanmar · Nepal · Philippines · Pakistan · Thailand · Taiwan · Vietnam

Provinces / states: Andaman and Nicobar Isl. · Assam · Himachal Pradesh · Jharkhand · Karnataka · Kerala · Tamil Nadu · Maharashtra · Meghalaya · Mizoram · Odisha · Rajasthan · Sikkim · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Fujian · Guangdong · Guangxi · Guizhou · Hainan · Henan · Hunan · Jiangxi · Jilin · Liaoning · Taiwan