Hasora_salanga

<i>Hasora salanga</i>

Hasora salanga

Species of butterfly

Hasora salanga, the green awl,[3][4] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India, parts of Southeast Asia and Australia.

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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 (Dawnas to south Myanmar), Thailand, the Malay Peninsula (Malacca), Sumatra and Borneo.[4][5]

Cited references

  1. [1]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hasora salanga​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. . Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Hasora salanga". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. [3]
    TOL web page on genus Hasora Archived 14 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Hasora.
  5. [5]
    Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 315, ser no I 1.10.

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