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Plain banded awl
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H. vitta
Binomial name
Hasora vitta
(Butler, 1870)[1]

Hasora vitta, the plain banded awl,[2][3] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India and parts of Southeast Asia.

Description

The butterfly, which has a wingspan of 45 to 55 mm, is dark brown above. It resembles the common banded awl (Hasora chromus), except in the case of having a broad white band on the under hindwing which is outwardly diffused; also, its wings are more prominently glossed.[4][5]

Other differentiating characteristics are:

Male: The upper forewing has an apical spot, sometimes with another in 3. The upper forewing has no brand.[4]

Female: The apical spot in the case of the female is larger, and there is an additional spot in 2.[4]

Taxonomy

The butterfly has two subspecies:

Range

The plain banded awl is found in India in the south (Kanara), Sikkim, Assam and eastwards to Myanmar, Thailand, western China, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.[3][6]

Status

Not rare as per Evans (1932).[6] Not common as per Wynter-Blyth (1957).[4]

Host-plants

The caterpillars have been recorded on Derris spp., Pongamia spp, Millettia glabra and Spatholobus ferrugineus.[3]

Cited references

  1. ^ Card for Hasora vitta in LepIndex. Accessed 12 October 2007.
  2. ^ TOL web page on genus Hasora
  3. ^ a b c d e Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera - page on genus Hasora.
  4. ^ a b c d Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 468. ISBN 978-8170192329.
  5. ^ Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-8173713545.
  6. ^ a b c d Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 315, ser no I 1.13.

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