Abaratha agama

Spotted angle
Dry-season form from Kerala
Wet-season form from Bangalore
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Abaratha
Species:
A. agama
Binomial name
Abaratha agama
(Moore, 1857)
Synonyms
List
  • Pyrgus agama Moore, [1858]
  • Pterygospidea erosula C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Pterygospidea syrichthus C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Tagiades danae Plötz, 1884
  • Abantis agama (Moore, 1857)
  • Abaratha saraya Doherty, 1886
  • Abaratha siamica Swinhoe, 1907
  • Caprona agama (Moore, 1857)
  • Caprona pelias Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Caprona pelligera Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Caprona mettasuta Fruhstorfer, 1909

Abaratha agama, the spotted angle, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from southern India to Myanmar and in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, southern China, Java and Sulawesi. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1857.