''Cicindela fabriciana'' is a species of tiger beetle

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to India found in the Western ghats.

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 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 (sometimes ...

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.

References

fabriciana ''Fabriciana'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, commonly found in Europe and Asia. The genus was erected by T. Reuss (T. Reuß) in 1920. Taxonomy This taxon used to be considered a subgenus of ''Argynnis'', but has been reest ...

Endemic arthropods of India {{Cicindelidae-stub