Description

• Common Name : Chestnut Angle
• Scientific Name : Odontoptilum angulata (Fd.)
• Family : HESPERIIDAE
• Wingspan : 40-45mm
• Colour : Chocolate brown, broad chestnut band in the upperside of forewings.
• Habit : Common in the hills, comes to damp patches and fond of flowers. It prefers shady nullahs, rests on the underside of the leaf with wings wide open.
• Larval Host Plants : Allophylus cobbe
• Location : Throughout West Bengal

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