''Hasora hurama'', the broad-banded awl, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia (north-eastern coast of the

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, the northern Gulf and the north-eastern coast of

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, Maluku, the

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and

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. The

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is about . The larvae feed on ''

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''. They live in a shelter made by joining leaves with silk.

Subspecies

*''Hasora hurama hurama'' *''Hasora hurama mola'' Evans, 1949 (Bacan)

External links

Australian InsectsAustralian Faunal Directory
Hesperiidae Butterflies described in 1870 Butterflies of Oceania Butterflies of Australia Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{hesperiidae-stub