Onitis castaneus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. Description based on two specimen collected by Harold in Kashmir. It is widely distributed in South Asia.
Deep chestnut red color. Length is 16âÂÂ19mm, and breadth is 9.5âÂÂ12mm.
India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan
Bamboo dominated secondary forest in Meghalaya, India.