Hasora danda


Hasora danda, also known as the purple awl is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Manipur in India to Vietnam. It was described by William [Harry Evans] in 1949. This species is monotypic.

Description

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.
Th female is even more similar to Hasora anura, but the underside hindwing cell spot is very small.