| Hasora danda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Coeliadinae |
| Genus: | Hasora |
| Species: | H. danda
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| Binomial name | |
| Hasora danda Evans, 1949
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Hasora danda, also known as the purple awl is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Manipur in India to Vietnam.1 It was described by William Harry Evans in 1949. This species is monotypic.2
Description
The underside forewing has a costa and apex while the hindwing has a purple glaze. The male of this species is similar to Hasora anura but the dark discal line in underside hindwing is not indented in space 5 and the dots in upperside hindwing and in cell underside hindwing are absent.34
Th female is even more similar to Hasora anura, but the underside hindwing cell spot is very small.3
References
References
- Io, Chou (1994). Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium.
- "Hasora". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- Evans, William Harry; Evans, William Harry; History), British Museum (Natural (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London: Trustees of the British Museum.
- Lewis, H. L. (1973). Butterflies of the world. Internet Archive. Chicago : Follett Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-695-80434-3.