Hasora salanga
# Hasora salanga

Hasora salanga, the green awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India, parts of Southeast Asia and Australia.

## Description

The forewing length (base to apex) is 23mm. (male). The underside of the hindwing is green. In females upper forewing has white spots in spaces 2 and 3.

## Distribution

The green awl is found in India in the Nicobar Islands and eastwards to Myanmar (Dawnas to south Myanmar), Thailand, the Malay Peninsula (Malacca), Sumatra and Borneo.

## Cited references

* ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hasora salanga​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. . Retrieved 20 April 2018.
* ↑ "Hasora salanga". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
* ↑ TOL web page on genus Hasora Archived 14 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
* 1 2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Hasora.
* ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 315, ser no I 1.10.
