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Hasora danda

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Hasora danda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Coeliadinae
Genus: Hasora
Species:
H. danda
Binomial name
Hasora danda
Evans, 1949

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

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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

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  1. Io, Chou (1994). Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium.
  2. "Hasora". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. Lewis, H. L. (1973). Butterflies of the world. Internet Archive. Chicago : Follett Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-695-80434-3.