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Rhinolophus lepidus
Rare visitor: recorded only occasionally in this country
Diet
Insects, caught in cluttered airspace
Habitat
From sea level to about 2,340m
Range
Afghanistan to Vietnam
Size
Forearm about 42mm
Blyth's horseshoe bat is widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia, from Afghanistan to Vietnam, at elevations from sea level to about 2,340 m. The forearm is about 42 mm long, and the species can be identified by its pointed, bifid sella, part of the nose-leaf (Wikipedia, general species account).
It uses echolocation to navigate, flying in a fluttering style through cluttered airspace to find insect prey. A population on Tioman Island, Malaysia, hunts in forest by day as well as night, possibly because there are no resident bird predators there. The cached account gives no roost or breeding information.