News: A Species Added to the Indian Butterfly Fauna

The Violet Awl (Hasora leucospila) is known to range from Indo-China to SE Asia. It has now been recorded in the Siang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh, which is the first record of the species from India. See images on the species page: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/hasora-leucospila

Violet Awl (Hasora leucospila)

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Kunte, K. 2026. News: A Species Added to the Indian Butterfly Fauna . In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.