{"id":9398,"date":"2019-02-16T01:01:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T08:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=9398"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:32:05","slug":"callogaeana-festiva-festiva-fabricius-1803","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/callogaeana-festiva-festiva-fabricius-1803\/","title":{"rendered":"Callogaeana festiva festiva (Fabricius, 1803)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Callogaeana festiva festiva<\/strong> is a cicada found in China, Thailand, India, Laos, Malaysia, Indochina, Bhutan, and likely adjacent countries. They are part of a group of cicadas known as “butterfly cicadas” because of their colorful wings.<\/p>\n

Photo of a Callogaeana festiva festiva (orange) by Michel Chantraine:
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Callogaeana festiva festiva (white) by Michel Chantraine:
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Photos by Dan Mozgai:
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Scientific classification:<\/strong>
\nFamily: Cicadidae
\nSubfamily: Cicadinae
\nTribe: Gaeanini
\nSubTribe: Gaeanina
\nGenus: Callogaeana
\nSpecies: Callogaeana festiva festiva<\/em> (Fabricius, 1803)<\/p>\n

Note: there is another sub-species of Callogaeana festiva, but it is not named. <\/p>\n

Here is a description of this cicada from A Monograph of Oriental Cicadas<\/strong> by W. L. Distant. 1889-1892. Read it on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nMale: Body above black; ocelli, eyes and a broad fascia behind them reddish-ochraceous; margins of pronotum and four discal fasciae to mesonotum\u2014 of which the two central ones are angulated and connected with the anterior angle at the basal cruciform elevation \u2014 greenish-ochraceous. Body beneath and legs lack; apical half of face and a spot between face and eyes reddish-ochraceous. <\/p>\n

Tegmina greenish-ochraceous; the radial area, a transverse fascia crossing center from the apex of the radial area, near which is a large triangular spot, apex, and outer and inner margins, and two small spots near the base, blackish. The black area at the apex is more or less broken, sometimes including a small greenish-ochraceous spot. Wings pale bluish-green; the apex broadly black \u2014 containing a pale bluish spot \u2014 and the margin continued more narrowly black to anal angle. <\/p>\n

The face is coarsely transversely striate, and broadly sulcated at the base.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For more information about this cicada, visit Cicadas of India<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A nice comparison of Gaeana & Callogaeana:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gaeana Callogaeana pic.twitter.com\/xfW2XVAKQE<\/a><\/p>\n

—(@musinomushi) May 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n