Subspecies in India
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | |||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 6 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 4 |
Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae). Ceiba spp., Ceiba pentandra, Hibiscus tilliaceus (=Talipariti tiliaceum), Microcos paniculata (=Grewia nervosa), Thespesia populnea, Urena lobata (Malvaceae). Allophylus cobbe (Sapindaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(4): 11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Odontoptilum angulata (C. Felder, 1862) – Chestnut Angle. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/odontoptilum-angulata, accessed 2025/11/28.


