About Hasora khoda (Mabille, 1876)
Hasora khoda (Mabille, 1876), commonly called the large banded awl, is a butterfly belonging to the Hesperiidae family, with the characteristic body and wing shape of this group. It is a robust species that holds its wings in a V-position, giving it a triangular overall profile. Its approximate wingspan measures 44 mm. Males are dark brown, while females are a lighter brown; both have small yellow spots on the central section of the forewings, and a white line running across the underside of the hindwings. The caterpillar of this species is black, with white longitudinal stripes and white hairs. This butterfly is distributed from India (specifically Assam's Cachar region and the Andaman Islands) eastward through Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, and Sulawesi, to New Caledonia and Australia. Its type locality is New Caledonia.
