Subspecies in India
(1) Hasora vitta indica Evans, 1932 – Indian Plain Banded Awl
(2) Hasora vitta manda Evans, 1949 – Andaman Plain Banded Awl
Conservation and Special status
This species was legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. However, it is not listed under any Schedules of the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.
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This species has been recorded so far from Andaman & Nicobar Islands UT, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim, and Tamil Nadu, within the Indian limits.
This species is common.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. However, it is not listed under any Schedules of the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Millettia extensa, Endosamara racemosa (Fabaceae).
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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 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/index.php/hasora-vitta, accessed 2026/05/24.