Callicaria is a genus of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Callicaria superba, which is found in India (Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Nepal, Bhutan, China, Tibet, Taiwan and Japan.
Description Adults reach a length of about . The dorsum is dark blood red to orange-red, with a pair of black spots on the pronotum. The scutellum is black and each elytron has seven black spots.
Life history The have been recorded preying on aphid species.
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