Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Burara gomata gomata Pale Awlet
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Coeliadinae
Other Name(s):	Bibasis gomata gomata
Description:	Caterpillars feed on Schefflera heterophylla. Wingspan ranges from 40 to 50mm. Sexual dimorphism. They ccur from February to December.

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Uncommon

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Widely distributed in woodland throughout Hong Kong Global Distribution NE India, Burma, Thailand, S China

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References

More on Butterfly in HK

Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999. The butterflies of Hong Kong. Academic Press.