Large banded awl | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Hasora |
Species: | H. khoda |
Binomial name | |
Hasora khoda | |
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.
It 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.
The 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]
Very rare. [4]
The larva has been recorded on Callerya megasperma and Wisteria sinensis . [3]
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