Hasora salanga

Green Awl
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hasora
Species: H. salanga
Binomial name
Hasora salanga
(Plötz, 1885)[1]

Hasora salanga, commonly known as the Green Awl,[2][3] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India, parts of Southeast Asia and Australia.

Distribution

The Green Awl is found in India in the Nicobar Islands and eastwards to Myanmar (Dawnas to South Myanmar), Thailand, Malay peninsula (Malacca), Sumatra and Borneo.[3][4]

Cited references

  1. Card for Hasora salanga in LepIndex. Accessed 2 October 2007.
  2. TOL web page on genus Hasora
  3. 1 2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Hasora.
  4. Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I 1.10, pg 315.

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