''Cicindela bicolor'' is a species of

tiger beetle Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, '' Rivacindela hudsoni'', can run at a speed of , or about 125 body lengths per second. ...

found in

South Asia South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's populatio ...

. It is black in colour and has yellow spots on its

elytra An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometime ...

. Four subspecies are recognized: * ''Cicindela bicolor bicolor'' (Fabricius, 1781) * ''Cicindela bicolor atavus'' (Horn 1920) * ''Cicindela bicolor haemorrhoidalis'' (Wiedemann 1823) * ''Cicindela bicolor xanthospilota'' Fowler, 1912 File:Cicindella bicolor Dorsal.jpg, ''C. b. atavus'' File:Cicindella_bicolor_Lateral.jpg, ''C. b. atavus''

References

bicolor Beetles described in 1781 Beetles of Asia {{Cicindelinae-stub