Butterfly

Common Banded Awl

Hasora chromus

Common Banded Awl skipper with a white band across its brown underside

Scientific name: Hasora chromus
Family: Hesperiidae, order Lepidoptera
Group: Butterfly

A fast skipper that flies at dawn and dusk.

Spot it Brown, with a thin white band across the underside of the hindwing and a big, hooked antenna tip.
Home Gardens and woodland with karanj trees.
Caterpillar food Karanj (Pongamia) leaves.
Why it matters A pollinator and one of the skippers, a family between butterflies and moths.

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