Subspecies in India
(1) Hasora taminatus taminatus (Hübner, 1818) – Lankan White-banded Awl
(2) Hasora taminatus bhavara Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Himalayan White-banded Awl
(3) Hasora taminatus andama Evans, 1949 – Andaman White-banded Awl
(4) Hasora taminatus milona Evans, 1934 – Nicobar White-banded Awl
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 ('WPAA').
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This species has been recorded so far from Andaman & Nicobar Islands UT, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, within the Indian limits.
This species is common.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Kerala | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
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| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 5 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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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.
Page citation
Tadse, S., and K. Kunte. 2026. Hasora taminatus (Hübner, 1818) – White-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/index.php/hasora-taminatus, accessed 2026/05/24.