Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Hasora chromus chromus Banded Awl
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Coeliadinae
Description:	Caterpillars feed on Pongamia pinnata. Sexual dimorphism. Female has a small subapical spot and two prominent spots in the middle of the forewing. In male, the upperside of forewing is spotless but has a black sex band. The hindwing underside of both sex have a band which reaches the tornal lobe. Both sex in the hindwing posses a prominent tornal lobe which is darkened. Wingspan ranges from 40 to 45mm. They occur from April to June.

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Rare

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Sham Wat, Lai Chi Wo, Po Toi Global Distribution Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hebei, Jiangsu, Philippines, Indo-China, Malay peninsula, New Guinea, N & E Australia, Samoa

Photo Gallery

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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.

Young, J.J., Yiu, V. 2002. Butterfly Watching in Hong Kong. Wan Li Book Co Ltd.