Caprona agama

"Spotted angle" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Caprona alida.
Spotted angle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Caprona
Species: C. agama
Binomial name
Caprona agama
(Moore, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Pyrgus agama Moore, [1858]
  • Pterygospidea erosula C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Pterygospidea syrichthus C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Tagiades danae Plötz, 1884
  • Abaratha saraya Doherty, 1886
  • Abaratha siamica Swinhoe, 1907
  • Caprona pelias Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Caprona pelligera Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Caprona mettasuta Fruhstorfer, 1909

Caprona agama, the spotted angle, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from southern India to Burma and in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, southern China, Java and Sulawesi.

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