Odontoptilum angulata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Chestnut/Banded Angle | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Photographed at Maredumilli Reserve, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh during August 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||||||||
| Odontoptilum angulata (Felder, 1862) |
||||||||||||||||
| Synonyms | ||||||||||||||||
|
Achlyodes sura Moore [1] |
Odontoptilum angulata, commonly known as the Chestnut/Banded Angle, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae and is found in Asia.
[edit] Description
- See glossary for terms used
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 transverse lines less denned, marginal spots blacker, and a blackish spot near base of wing. Palpi above black. Palpi and body beneath and legs greyish-white. Female paler, marked on upper-and undersides as in male.
—E Y Watson[2]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
 |
This butterfly-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
