Subspecies in India
(1) Hasora chromus chromus (Cramer, [1780]) – Oriental Common Banded Awl
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 7 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | |
| Kerala | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 6 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 12 | 15 | 17 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 58 | 55 | 60 | 44 | 33 | 32 |
Derris scandens, Pongamia pinnata (Fabaceae). Heynea trijuga (Meliaceae). Toddalia asiatica (Rutaceae).
Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) has also been reported, but need verification.
Key Reference:
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.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) has also been reported, but need verification.
Key Reference:
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.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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Page citation
Saji, K., M. Bhakare, S. Mazumder, V. Jathar, and P. A. Kumbha 2025. Hasora chromus (Cramer, [1780]) – Common 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/hasora-chromus, accessed 2025/05/18.