Euaspa motokii

Euaspa motokii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Euaspa
Species:	E. motokii
Binomial name
	Euaspa motokii; Koiwaya, 2002

Last updated January 28, 2026

Euaspa motokii, also known as the Kachin hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Arunachal Pradesh in India and Myanmar. It was described by Satoshi Koiwaya in 2002. This species is monotypic.^[1]^[2]

Description

This species can be separated from its congeners from the following characteristics:^[3]

The subterminal area of underside forewing in space 1b to 2 having a less prominent black mark. Euaspa forsteri has a prominent black mark.
The presence of two sub-basal white markings on the underside hindwing.
The presence of one oval shape in the cell and a semi-circular shape in space 7.

The larvae of this species are known to feed on Castanopsis .^[3]

References

↑ "Euaspa". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
↑ Koiwaya, Satoshi (2002). "Descriptions of five new species and a new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China, Myanmar and India". Gekkan Mushi.
1 2 Das, Gaurab Nandi; Gayen, Subrata; Saito, Motoki; Chandra, Kailash (2019-07-26). "Notes on the hairstreak butterflies Euaspa Moore, 1884 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with new distribution records to the Indian eastern Himalaya". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 11 (9): 14238–14241. doi:10.11609/jott.4873.11.9.14238-14241. ISSN 0974-7907. This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] "Euaspa". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-26.

[2] Koiwaya, Satoshi (2002). "Descriptions of five new species and a new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China, Myanmar and India". Gekkan Mushi.

[:0-3] 1 2 Das, Gaurab Nandi; Gayen, Subrata; Saito, Motoki; Chandra, Kailash (2019-07-26). "Notes on the hairstreak butterflies Euaspa Moore, 1884 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with new distribution records to the Indian eastern Himalaya". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 11 (9): 14238–14241. doi:10.11609/jott.4873.11.9.14238-14241. ISSN 0974-7907. This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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