Oriental Chestnut Angle
Odontoptilum angulata angulata (Felder, 1862) Mal ayalam Name : Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Pyrginae Sub species : Odontoptilum angulata angulata common names : Oriental Chestnut Angle DISTRIBUTION India & Southeast Asia STATUS: HABITAT: . HABITS IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Male and female vinaceous-brown, palest on the hindwing. Male, forewing dull chestnut-brown along exterior margin, with a black transverse band one-third from the base; a geminated semi-transparent spot on costa before the apex, surrounded by suffused black; a semi-transparent lunule and a small spot on the lower part of the disc, bordered without by a black band: hindwing with a transverse subbasal, an elbowed discal, and a lower submarginal purplish-white line; apex of wing with suffused black patch and lower marginal blackish pale-bordered spots. Underside brown, forewing suffused with greyish-white at the base; markings as above: hindwing greyish-white, the tran...