It 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. The body length of a male is 22.5–29mm and that of the female somewhat less at 18–23mm. They have a greenish-ochraceous head and thorax, and brownish-ochraceous abdomen. The head and thorax are marked in black.

Systematic position

• Domain : Eukaryota
• Kingdom : Animalia
• Phylum : Arthropoda
• Class : Insecta
• Order : Hemiptera
• Suborder : Auchenorrhyncha
• Family : Cicadidae
• Genus : Purana
• Species : tigrine