Cicindela bicolor Fabricius, 1781 is a animal in the Carabidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cicindela bicolor Fabricius, 1781

Cicindela bicolor Fabricius, 1781

Cicindela bicolor is a South Asian tiger beetle species with black bodies and yellow elytral spots that has four recognized subspecies.

Family
Genus
Cicindela
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cicindela bicolor Fabricius, 1781

Cicindela bicolor (Fabricius, 1781) is a species of tiger beetle native to South Asia. Its body is black, with yellow spots present on its elytra. Four subspecies of Cicindela bicolor are currently recognized: these are Cicindela bicolor bicolor (Fabricius, 1781), Cicindela bicolor atavus (Horn, 1920), Cicindela bicolor haemorrhoidalis (Wiedemann, 1823), and Cicindela bicolor xanthospilota (Fowler, 1912).

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Cicindela

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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