Hasora khoda, the large banded awl,[2][3] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India, parts of Southeast Asia and Australia.
| Large banded awl | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hasora |
| Species: | H. khoda
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| Binomial name | |
| Hasora khoda | |
Description
editIt is a butterfly with the characteristic shape of the Hesperiidae, massive with wings positioned in a “V” and with a triangular profile.With a wingspan of approximately 44 mm, it is dark brown in colour for the male, lighter brown for the female with an ornamentation of small yellow spots in the central part of the forewings and on the underside of the hindwings a white line across The caterpillar is black with white longitudinal lines and white hairs.
Range
editThe large banded awl is found in India in Assam (Cachar) and the Andaman islands eastwards to Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Sulawesi, New Caledonia and Australia.[3][4]
The type locality is New Caledonia.[3]
Status
editVery rare.[4]
Host-plants
editThe larva has been recorded on Callerya megasperma and Wisteria sinensis.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hasora khoda". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ TOL web page on genus Hasora Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Hasora.
- ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 315, ser no I 1.14.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Online
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- 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/.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
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