Cicindela fabriciana

Cicindela fabriciana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Cicindelidae
Genus:	Cicindela
Species:	C. fabriciana
Binomial name
	Cicindela fabriciana; W.Horn, 1915
Synonyms
	Calochroa fabriciana, (W.Horn, 1915) Calochroa fabricii (W.Horn, 1894)

Last updated October 18, 2025

Cicindela fabriciana is a species of tiger beetle endemic to India found in the Western ghats. ^[1]^[2]

Description

These beetles are 12 to 18 mm long having a shiny black to bronze colored head and pronotum. The lateral body has metallic green and blue colors. Its elytra is dull velvety black with green edges. The elytron will have three large orange spots. It can be differentiated from the Cicindela octogramma and Cicindela safraneki by the lack of additional light spot on shoulder. The northern western ghats species seem to have relatively smaller yellow spots on the elytra.^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 Carnegie Museum; Museum, Carnegie; History, Carnegie Museum of Natural (1989). Annals of the Carnegie Museum. Vol. v.58 (1989:Feb.-Nov.). [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute. p. 124.
↑ "Cicindela fabriciana W.Horn, 1915". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
↑ Pearson, David L.; Wiesner, Jürgen; Acciavatti, Robert; Uniyal, V.P.; Anichtchenko, Alexandre (2020). A field guide to tiger beetles of India: identification and biology of the Cicindelidae. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 100. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Carnegie Museum; Museum, Carnegie; History, Carnegie Museum of Natural (1989). Annals of the Carnegie Museum. Vol. v.58 (1989:Feb.-Nov.). [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute. p. 124.

[2] "Cicindela fabriciana W.Horn, 1915". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-05-27.

[3] Pearson, David L.; Wiesner, Jürgen; Acciavatti, Robert; Uniyal, V.P.; Anichtchenko, Alexandre (2020). A field guide to tiger beetles of India: identification and biology of the Cicindelidae. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 100. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.

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