Yellow banded awl

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.
Yellow-banded Awl from Pang Ung.Mae Hong Son Province. Thailand Geotagged,Hasora schoenherr,Thailand,Winter,Yellow banded awl

Appearance

The butterfly has a wingspan of 45–55 millimetres in the Asian mainland while it achieves 50–60 mm 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.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusHasora
SpeciesH. schoenherr