Sarangesa dasahara, also known as the common small flat,[2] is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.

Antennae, palpi, body and legs much as in S. purendra.The common small flat has a wingspan or around 30–35 mm.

[6] This species is most commonly visible at the end of the rainy season, but sparsely found in the post-monsoon months.

Except for the very dry north-west India, it occurs commonly throughout the country, in Sri Lanka and in the Indo-Chinese region.

It feeds on flowers of herbs and small bushes and also rarely on birds' droppings and wet rocks for minerals.

[6] Its larval host plants are Acanthaceae herbs and small shrubs; Asystasia species and Blepharis asperrima.