Onitis subopacus

Onitis subopacus is a species of dung beetle found in Austro-Oriental, Oriental, South and West Palearctic regions.^{[1][3][4][5][2]}

Onitis subopacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Onitis
Species:	O. subopacus
Binomial name
Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931 [1]
Synonyms
Onitis philemon Lansberge, 1875 [2] (nec Fabricius)

Distribution

It is found in India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, New Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal),^[5] Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Afghanistan, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia and Sunda Islands.^[6]

Description

Adults are often found in cow dung and buffalo dung.^[3]