| Purana tigrina | |
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| Male (dorsal view) | |
| Tentative P. tigrina sound recording | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Purana |
| Species: | P. tigrina
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| Binomial name | |
| Purana tigrina (Walker, 1850)
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| Synonyms | |
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Dundubia tigrina Walker, 1850 | |
Purana tigrina[1][2][3] is a species of cicada found in Southeast Asia. It was described from Malabar, South India. It is a common species in the Malayan Peninsula and on Bunguran Island in the South China Sea.[1][2][3]
The body length of a male is 22.5–29 mm and that of the female somewhat less at 18–23 mm. They have a greenish-ochraceous head and thorax, and brownish-ochraceous abdomen. The head and thorax are marked in black.[2][1][3]
- ^ a b c "Purana tigrina Walker, 1850". Cicadas of India. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
- ^ a b c Distant W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 91–92.
- ^ a b c Duffels, J. P.; Schouten, M. A.; Lammertink, M. (2007). "A revision of the cicadas of the Purana tigrina group (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) in Sundaland". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 150 (2): 367–387. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000237.