Calochroa hamiltoniana

Calochroa hamiltoniana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Calochroa
Species:
C. hamiltoniana
Binomial name
Calochroa hamiltoniana
(J. Thomson, 1857)
Synonyms

Cicindela flavovittata Chaudoir, 1865

Calochroa hamiltoniana is a species of tiger beetle endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India. It is found only on the shaded floor of dense and moist forests. They are mostly active on the forest floor and fly to low vegetation when disturbed. It is 14 to 17 mm long and has the pronotum and elytra largely greenish or bronze with an orange stripe bordered by black on the inside running along the length of the elytra.