Calochroa bicolor

Calochroa bicolor is a species of tiger beetle found in South Asia. It is black in colour and has yellow spots on its elytra.[1]

Calochroa bicolor
C. b. xanthospilota from the Western Ghats
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Calochroa
Species:
C. bicolor
Binomial name
Calochroa bicolor
(Fabricius, 1781)

Four subspecies are recognized:

  • Calochroa bicolor bicolor (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Calochroa bicolor atavus (Horn 1920)
  • Calochroa bicolor haemorrhoidalis (Wiedemann 1823)
  • Calochroa bicolor xanthospilota Fowler, 1912

References

  1. "Cicindela (Calochroa) bicolor Fabricius, 1781". Carabidae of the World. March 3, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2015.


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