Calochroa whithillii

Calochroa whithillii
	From Karnataka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Calochroa
Species:	C. whithillii
Binomial name
	Calochroa whithillii; Hope, 1838
Synonyms
	Cicindela whithillii

Calochroa whithillii is a species of tiger beetle found in the Western Ghats of India. It is uniformly greenish blue, sometimes with a single white spot in the middle of the elytra. They are often attracted to artificial lights at night.

The labrum is metallic on the sides and dark at the centre. The elytral suture is green. The underside is metallic green and bare. Sometimes a small white spot is present in the middle of the elytra halfway from the base to the tip.[1]

References

Fowler, W.W. (1912). The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. General Introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 385.

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[1] Fowler, W.W. (1912). The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. General Introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 385.