Purana is a
genus of
cicadas from
Southeast Asia. Its distribution includes
Java,
Sumatra,
Borneo,
The Philippines,
peninsular Malaysia,
Thailand,
India,
Indochina,
China, and
Japan. Only one species has been recorded east of the
Wallace Line,
Purana celebensis, from
Sulawesi. In all species the male possess two pairs of dark ventral abdominal tubercles on third and fourth
sternites. The male
opercula are rather short and generally do not reach beyond the posterior pair of tubercles. Related genera that also possess abdominal tubercles are
Leptopsaltria,
Maua,
Nabalua and
Tanna which together with
Purana are in the subtribe Leptopsaltriina of the tribe Cicadini.