''Hasora salanga'', the green 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 Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
belonging to the family
Hesperiidae which is found in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, parts of
Southeast Asia
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and
Australia.
Description
The forewing length (base to apex) is 23mm. (male). The underside of the hindwing is green. In females upper forewing has white spots in spaces 2 and 3.
Distribution
The green awl is found in India in the
Nicobar Islands and eastwards to
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
(
Dawnas to south Myanmar),
Thailand
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, the
Malay Peninsula (
Malacca),
Sumatra and
Borneo
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.
Cited references
See also
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Hesperiidae
*
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 butterfly, butterflies, of which skipper (butterfly), 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 ...
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 described in 1885
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Australia
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