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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General
Conservation
Distribution
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References
General Information
 
Hasora badra badra
Common Awl
 
Animal Group: Butterfly
蝴蝶
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Coeliadinae
Description: Caterpillars feed on Derris alborubra and Millettia pachycarpa. Sexual dimorphism. Females have three small yellow subapical spots and three prominent square hyaline spots in the middle of the forewing. The hindwing underside of both sex have a spot in the cell and a band near the tornal lobes. Both sexes in the hindwing posses prominent tornal lobes which are darkened. Wingspan ranges from 40 to 45mm. They occur throughout the whole year except February and April.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
  • Very Rare
Fellowes et al. (2002)
  • Local Concern
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
  • Wu Kau Tan, Lai Chi Wo, Hong Kong Wetland Park
Global Distribution
  • S & NE India, Nepal, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan. Indo-China, Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Palawan, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas
Photo Gallery
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References
  • 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.
  • Chou, I. 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium. Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House.