Onitis castaneus Redtenbacher, 1844 Onitis castaneus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.

[1] Description based on two specimen collected by Harold in Kashmir.

[2] It is widely distributed in South Asia.

[3][4] Deep chestnut red color.

[5] India (Arunachal Pradesh,[3] Assam,[5][3] Bihar,[5][3] Gujarat,[3] Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,[3] Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya,[3] Punjab, Rajasthan,[3] Uttarakhand,[5][3] Uttar Pradesh,[3] West Bengal[5]), Bangladesh,[3] Nepal,[3] Pakistan[4][3] Bamboo dominated secondary forest in Meghalaya, India.