Hasora schoenherr
| Yellow Banded Awl | |
|---|---|
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| H. s. chuza | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hasora |
| Species: | H. schoenherr |
| Binomial name | |
| Hasora schoenherr (Latreille, 1824) [1] | |
Hasora schoenherr, commonly known as the Yellow Banded Awl,[2][3] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India and Southeast Asia.
Range
The Yellow Banded Awl is found in India from Assam and Nagaland eastwards to Southeast Asia, namely, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, the Malay peninsula, Singapore and the Indonesian archipelago (specifically recorded at Borneo, Sumatra, Palawan).[3][4] The type locality is Java.[1]
Description
The butterfly has a wingspan of 45–55 millimetres (1.8–2.2 in) in the Asian mainland while it achieves size of 50–60 mm (2.0–2.4 in) in the Philippines.[4]
The butterfly is a plain dark brown above and resembles the Common Banded Awl Hasora chromus, except that it has a broad yellow central band on the upper and under of the hindwings. The apex of the under forewing is purple-washed. Both sexes have large yellow discal and apical spots.[4]
References
Further reading
- Beccaloni, G. W., M. J. Scoble, G. S. Robinson & B. Pitkin (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. (accessed 22 September 2007).
- Brower, Andrew V. Z., (2007). Hasora Moore 1881. Version 21 February 2007 (under construction). Page on genus Hasora in The Tree of Life Web Project http://tolweb.org/.
- Evans, W. H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
- Savela, Marrku. Website on Lepidoptera (accessed 12 October 2007)
- Wynter-Blyth, M. A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.