| Plain Banded Awl | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hasora |
| Species: | H. vitta |
| Binomial name | |
| Hasora vitta (Butler, 1870)[1] |
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Hasora vitta, commonly known as the Plain Banded Awl,[2][3] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India and parts of Southeast Asia.
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The butterfly, which has a wingspan of 45 to 55mm, is dark brown above. It resembles the Common Banded Awl Hasora chromus, except in the case of having a broad white band on the under hindwing which is outwardly diffused; also, its wings are more prominently glossed.[4][5]
Other differentiating characteristics are:
Male: The upperforewing hasan apical spot, sometimes with another in 3. The upperforewing has no brand.[4]
Female: The apical spot in the case of the female is larger, and there is an additional spot in 2.[4]
The butterfly has two subspecies:
The Plain Banded Awl is found in India in the South (Kanara), Sikkim, Assam and eastwards to Myanmar, Thailand, western China, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.[3][6]
Not Rare as per Evans (1932).[6] Not Common as per Wynter-Blyth (1957).[4]
The caterpillars have been recorded on Derris spp., Pongamia spp, Millettia glabra and Spatholobus ferrugineus.[3]
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