Hasora khoda
| Large Banded Awl | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hasora |
| Species: | H. khoda |
| Binomial name | |
| Hasora khoda (Mabille , 1876)[1] | |
Hasora khoda, commonly known as 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.
Range
The Large Banded Awl is found in India in Assam (Cachar) and the Andaman islands eastwards to Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, Sulawesi, New Caledonia and Australia.[3][4]
The type locality is New Caledonia.[3]
Status
Very Rare.[4]
Host-plants
The larva has been recorded on Callerya megasperma and Wisteria sinensis.[3]
See also
- Coeliadinae
- Hesperiidae
- List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae)
- List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
References
- ↑ Card for Hasora khoda in LepIndex. Accessed 12 October 2007.
- ↑ TOL web page on genus Hasora
- 1 2 3 4 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Hasora.
- 1 2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I 1.14, pg 315.
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
Online
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. (accessed 22 September 2007).
- 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/.
- Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera (accessed 12 October 2007)
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