''Choaspes subcaudata'', commonly known as the blue awlking, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

. It is found in Asia, Malaysia and

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

. The species was first described by

Baron Cajetan von Felder Baron Cajetan von Felder (german: link=no, Cajetan Freiherr von Felder; 19 September 1814 – 30 November 1894) was an Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician. He served as mayor of Vienna from 1868 to 1878. Life and career Felder ...

and

Rudolf Felder Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder, a huge collection. Works *with Cajetan Felder, Lepidopte ...

in 1867.

Subspecies

*''Choaspes subcaudata subcaudata'' *''Choaspes subcaudata crawfurdi'' (Distant, 1882) (southern Burma, Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias)

References

Coeliadinae Butterflies of Indonesia Butterflies described in 1867 Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Hesperiidae-stub