''Hasora khoda'', the large banded awl,
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genus ''Hasora''
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is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
belonging to the family
Hesperiidae
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which is found in
India
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, parts of
Southeast Asia
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and
Australia
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.
Range
The large banded awl is found in India in
Assam
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(
Cachar
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) and the
Andaman islands
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eastwards to
Myanmar
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,
Thailand
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, the
Philippines
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,
Sulawesi
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,
New Caledonia
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and
Australia
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.
The type locality is New Caledonia.
Status
Very rare.
Host-plants
The larva has been recorded on ''
Callerya megasperma
''Austrocallerya megasperma'', one of several species commonly known as native wisteria, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a woody climber with pinnate leaves and racemes of purple ...
'' and ''
Wisteria sinensis
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''.
See also
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Coeliadinae
Coeliadinae is a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae). With about 150 described species, this is one of several smallish skipper butterfly subfamilies. It was first proposed by William Frederick Evans in 1937.Brower & Warren ( ...
*
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 ...
*
List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae)
A total of 22 species belonging to four genera of the subfamily Coeliadinae (family Hesperiidae), or the awls, awlets and awlkings, as they are commonly called, are found in India. These are relatively large skippers which inhabit dense forests, ...
*
List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
India has a rich biodiversity of butterflies, of which skippers are a well represented family. Of the seven subfamilies belonging to the family Hesperiidae, four are found in India, comprising a total of 223 species of 74 genera and these are l ...
References
Print
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Online
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* Brower, Andrew V. Z., (2007). Hasora Moore 1881. Version 21 February 2007 (under construction). Page o
genus Hasorain The Tree of Life Web Project http://tolweb.org/.
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Hasora
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies described in 1876
Taxa named by Paul Mabille
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