Sunday 4 October 2015

139. Hasora badra badra (The Common Awl)

Number: 139
Family: Hesperiidae
Sub-Family : Coeliadiinae
Species: Hasora badra badra (Moore, 1857)
Common name(s): The Common Awl
Photography location: Hanoi City

Female Hasora badra resting on the underside of a leaf (Hanoi, April 2015)
In both sexes, HW with a white spot at end-cell and a long subtornal white spot
FW of female with yellowish spots in cell, in spaces 2 and 3, and small subapical spots in spaces 6-8 (FW of male unspotted)

Photos captured with a 400mm lens during a birding stroll (no macro lens in the bag...). I had to step back 4-5 meters, which explain the low image quality...

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