Sunday 16 August 2015

100. Odontoptilum angulata angulata (The Chestnut Angle)

Number: 100
Family: Hesperiidae
Sub-Family : Pyrgiinae
Species: Odontoptilum angulata angulata (Felder, 1862)
Common name(s): The Chestnut Angle
Photography location: Cat Ba Island (Hai Phong)

The genus Odontoptilum comprises 3 species, of which one is recorded in Vietnam: O. angulata. This species is characterised by an oriental distribution from India to Borneo, and northward to Taiwan and S.China. In Vietnam, it is recorded throughout the country.

Odontoptilum angulata, (Cat Ba Island, July 2016)

Another individual, same locality

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