Hasora salanga, the green awl,[3][4] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India, parts of Southeast Asia and Australia.

Green awl
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hasora
Species:
H. salanga
Binomial name
Hasora salanga
Plötz, 1885[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Hasora woolletti Riley, 1923

Description edit

The forewing length (base to apex) is 23mm. (male). The underside of the hindwing is green. In females upper forewing has white spots in spaces 2 and 3.

Distribution edit

The green awl is found in India in the Nicobar Islands and eastwards to Myanmar (Dawnas to south Myanmar), Thailand, the Malay Peninsula (Malacca), Sumatra and Borneo.[4][5]

Cited references edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hasora salanga​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. . Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Hasora salanga". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ^ TOL web page on genus Hasora Archived 14 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Hasora.
  5. ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 315, ser no I 1.10.

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