| Hasora danda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Coeliadinae |
| Genus: | Hasora |
| Species: | H. danda
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| Binomial name | |
| Hasora danda Evans, 1949
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Hasora danda, also known as the purple awl is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Manipur in India to Vietnam.[1] It was described by William Harry Evans in 1949. This species is monotypic.[2]
Description
[edit]The underside forewing has a costa and apex while the hindwing has a purple glaze. The male of this species is similar to Hasora anura but the dark discal line in underside hindwing is not indented in space 5 and the dots in upperside hindwing and in cell underside hindwing are absent.[3][4]
Th female is even more similar to Hasora anura, but the underside hindwing cell spot is very small.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Io, Chou (1994). Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium.
- ^ "Hasora". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- ^ a b Evans, William Harry; Evans, William Harry; History), British Museum (Natural (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London: Trustees of the British Museum.
- ^ Lewis, H. L. (1973). Butterflies of the world. Internet Archive. Chicago : Follett Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-695-80434-3.
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