Cicindela aurulenta

Cicindela aurulenta, common name blue-spotted or golden-spotted tiger beetle, is a beetle of the family Carabidae.

Cicindela aurulenta
Cicindela aurulenta from Java.
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C. aurulenta
Binomial name
Cicindela aurulenta
Fabricius, 1801

Description

Cicindela aurulenta reaches about 16–18 millimetres (0.63–0.71 in) in length. Elytra are dark blue- green, with six large yellow or bluish spots and two smaller spots on the shoulders. Also pronotum and head are dark blue-green. It has giant prominent compound eyes, large jaws and pale colored hairs on the abdomen and legs.

Distribution

This species occurs in southern China, Thailand and Malaysia.

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