Calochroa whithillii

Calochroa whithillii is a species of tiger beetle found in the Western Ghats of India. It is uniformly greenish blue, sometimes with a single white spot in the middle of the elytra. They are often attracted to artificial lights at night.

Calochroa whithillii
From Karnataka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Cicindelidae
Genus:	Calochroa
Species:	C. whithillii
Binomial name
Calochroa whithillii Hope, 1838
Synonyms
Cicindela whithillii

The labrum is metallic on the sides and dark at the centre. The elytral suture is green. The underside is metallic green and bare. Sometimes a small white spot is present in the middle of the elytra halfway from the base to the tip.^[1]

Etymology

Hope named this species of Calochroa after his friend Colonel Whithill, who used to collect insects from the surroundings of current Mumbai.^[2]