Asian Coastal Tiger Beetle

Hypaetha biramosa · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae

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Asian Coastal Tiger Beetle
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA

The Asian Coastal Tiger Beetle is a tiger beetle species. It lives on open sandy beaches along coasts. Its native range stretches across tropical Asia from India to Indonesia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Hypaetha biramosa belongs to the tiger beetle group.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It occurs in tropical Asia, ranging from India through Indonesia.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Asian Coastal Tiger Beetle photo 3
Photo: URSchmidt, CC BY-SA
Asian Coastal Tiger Beetle photo 4
Photo: URSchmidt, CC BY-SA
Asian Coastal Tiger Beetle photo 5
Photo: Noël Mal, CC BY-SA

Same family (Carabidae)

Six-spotted Tiger BeetleSix-spotted Tiger BeetleCicindela sexguttataHarmlessBronze Ground BeetleBronze Ground BeetleCarabus nemoralisGreen Tiger BeetleGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisBig-headed Ground BeetleBig-headed Ground BeetleScarites subterraneusStrawberry Seed BeetleStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesDamages trees, gardens or cropsBronzed Tiger BeetleBronzed Tiger BeetleCicindela repanda

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypaetha_biramosa

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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