Hasora vitta (Butler, 1870) - Plain Banded Awl

Subspecies in India

(1) Hasora vitta indica Evans, 1932 – Indian Plain Banded Awl
(2) Hasora vitta manda Evans, 1949 – Andaman Plain Banded Awl

  This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

  This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
 
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT1
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh111
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka11
Kerala1
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1132
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim111
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total21212155

Millettia extensa, Endosamara racemosa (Fabaceae).

Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(4): 11495–11550.

For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Hasora vitta (Butler, 1870) – Plain Banded Awl. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/hasora-vitta, accessed 2024/03/28.