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) |
Hasora khoda, the large banded awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India, parts of Southeast Asia and Australia.
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.
The type locality is New Caledonia.
Very rare.
The larva has been recorded on Callerya megasperma and Wisteria sinensis.
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