Hasora schoenherr


Hasora schoenherr, commonly known as the yellow banded awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India and Southeast Asia.

Range

The yellow banded awl is found in India from Assam and Nagaland eastwards to Southeast Asia, namely, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore and the Indonesian archipelago. The type locality is Java.

Description

The butterfly has a wingspan of in the Asian mainland while it achieves in the Philippines.
The butterfly is a plain dark brown above and resembles the common banded awl, except that it has a broad yellow central band on the upper and under of the hindwings. The apex of the under forewing is purple washed. Both sexes have large yellow discal and apical spots.