''Cicindela despectata'' 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. ...

. This species is found in the Philippines, where it has been recorded from Luzon, Leyte and Mindanao. Adults have a bronze to dark copper or sometimes green body with a white or ivory-coloured pattern on the

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 ...

.Review of the tger beetle genus Calomera Motschulsky, 1862 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of the Philippines
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References

despectata Beetles described in 1892 {{Cicindelidae-stub