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.

Large banded awl
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hasora
Species:
H. khoda
Binomial name
Hasora khoda
(Mabille , 1876)[1]

Range

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]

Status

Very rare.[4]

Host-plants

The larva has been recorded on Callerya megasperma and Wisteria sinensis.[3]

See also

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hasora khoda". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. TOL web page on genus Hasora Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Hasora.
  4. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 315, ser no I 1.14.

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