Purana tigrina
| Purana tigrina | |
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| Male (dorsal view) | |
| Tentative P. tigrina sound recording | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 is the type species of cicadas in its genus and is 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.
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.