Hasora discolor

Hasora discolor
Hasora discolor mastusia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hasora
Species: H. discolor
Binomial name
Hasora discolor
(C. & R. Felder, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Goniloba discolor C. & R. Felder, 1859
  • Hasora mastusia Fruhstorfer, 1911

The Green Awl (Hasora discolor) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found as several subspecies in Australia (where it is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales and the northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland), the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, the Kei Islands, Maluku and Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The larvae feed on Mucuna gigantea and Mucuna novoguineensis. They live in a shelter made by cutting and folding a leaf and joining it by silk. Pupation takes place within this shelter.

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