Abaratha angulata
Species of butterfly
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Abaratha angulata,[2] the chestnut angle or banded angle, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae and is found in India[3] and southeast Asia.[4][5][6][7]
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| Chestnut angle | |
|---|---|
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| At Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Abaratha |
| Species: | A. angulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Abaratha angulata (C. Felder, 1862) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Achlyodes sura Moore, 1865[1] Odontoptilum angulata | |
Description
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 defined, 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[8]
