Chaetodera regalis

Royal tiger beetle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Cicindelidae
Genus:	Chaetodera
Species:	C. regalis
Binomial name
	Chaetodera regalis; (Dejean, 1831)
Subspecies
	Chaetodera regalis regalis; Chaetodera regalis venerada;
Synonyms
	Cicindela regalis (basionym); Cicindela bremeriMandl, 1982;

Last updated June 14, 2025

Chaetodera regalis, common name the royal tiger beetle (which may also refer to Lophyra clathrata^[1]), is a species of tiger beetle found in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the south-east.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] It is found in riverine habitats.^[5]

Subspecies

Chaetodera regalis regalis (Senegal/Gambia, Guinea, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia, Congo, DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa)
Chaetodera regalis venerandaRivalier, 1952 (Niger, Chad, Sudan)

References

↑ "Royal Tiger Beetle". Project Noah. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
↑ "Chaetodera regalis (Dejean, 1831)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
↑ "Chaetodera regalis (Dejean 1831) maps - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
↑ "Chaetodera regalis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
1 2 Mawdsley, Jonathan R.; Sithole, Hendrik (2009-07-22). "Natural history of the African riverine tiger beetle Chaetodera regalis (Dejean) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)" . Journal of Natural History. 43 (31–32): 1891–1908. doi:10.1080/00222930903015816. ISSN 0022-2933.
↑ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2022-10-05.

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[1] "Royal Tiger Beetle". Project Noah. Retrieved 2022-10-06.

[2] "Chaetodera regalis (Dejean, 1831)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.

[3] "Chaetodera regalis (Dejean 1831) maps - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.

[4] "Chaetodera regalis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-10-05.

[:0-5] 1 2 Mawdsley, Jonathan R.; Sithole, Hendrik (2009-07-22). "Natural history of the African riverine tiger beetle Chaetodera regalis (Dejean) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)" . Journal of Natural History. 43 (31–32): 1891–1908. doi:10.1080/00222930903015816. ISSN 0022-2933.

[6] Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2022-10-05.

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