Hasora anura

Hasora anura, the slate awl, is a species of hesperid butterfly found in Asia. In India it is found in Sikkim and the Khasi Hills.

Range

In India the butterfly ranges from Mussoorie eastwards to Sikkim, the Shan states in Myanmar, Thailand, south-west and central China (Yunnan).

The type locality is Sikkim.

Status

William Harry Evans (1932) described the species as rare.

Description

Edward Yerbury Watson (1891) gives a detailed description, shown below:

Cited references

See also

• Coeliadinae
• Hesperiidae
• List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae)
• List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)

References

Print

• Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae. Vest and Co. Madras.

Online

• Brower, Andrew V. Z., (2007). Hasora Moore 1881. Version 21 February 2007 (under construction). Page on genus Hasora in The Tree of Life Web Project http://tolweb.org/.

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