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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