Biology:Calochroa hamiltoniana

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Short description: Species of beetle

Calochroa hamiltoniana
Cicindela hamiltoniana.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Calochroa
Species:
C. hamiltoniana
Binomial name
Calochroa hamiltoniana
(J. Thomson, 1857)

Calochroa hamiltoniana is a species of tiger beetle endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India. It is found only on the shaded floor of dense and moist forests. It is 14 to 17 mm long and has the pronotum and elytra largely greenish or bronze with an orange and black stripe running along the length of the elytra.[1]

References

  1. Pearson, D.L.; Wiesner, J.; Acciavatti, R.E.; Uniyal, V.P.; Anichtchenko, A.. A field guide to the tiger beetles of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 102. ISBN 9788121109338. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13467772 entry