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| genus = Cicindela<br />
| species = calligramma<br />
| authority = [[Hermann Rudolph Schaum|Schaum]], 1861<br />
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'''''Cicindela calligramma''''' is a [[tiger beetle]] endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka. They are 13 to 16&nbsp;mm long with a green or coppery brown body and three prominent yellowish markings. The ground colour varies a lot. They are found on the ground inside thin forest. They can be confused with ''[[Cicindela guttata]]'' which has hairs only on the lower part of the cheeks.<ref>{{cite book|page=110 | title=A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of India: Identification and Biology of the Cicindelidae|year=2020| author1=Pearson, David L. | author2=Wiesner, Jürgen | author3=Acciavatti, Robert E. Acciavatti | author4=Uniyal, V. P. |author5= Anichtchenko, Alexander|publisher=Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh|isbn=9788121109338}}</ref><br />
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They are active from May to November, males show [[mate guarding]] behavior, continuing to stay mounted on females after mating.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shivashankar |first=T. |last2=Pearson |first2=David L. |date=1994 |title=A Comparison of Mate Guarding Among Five Syntopic Tiger Beetle Species from Peninsular India (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2389238 |journal=Biotropica |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=436–442 |doi=10.2307/2389238 |issn=0006-3606|url-access=subscription }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Cicindela|calligramma]]<br />
[[Category:Beetles of Sri Lanka]]<br />
[[Category:Beetles of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Beetles described in 1861]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Hermann Rudolph Schaum]]<br />
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