
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
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | |
Kerala | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
Maharashtra | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 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 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 53 | 51 | 59 | 44 | 32 | 32 |
Ricinus communis(Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Euphorbiaceae). Derris scandens (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Pongamia pinnata (Davidson et al. 1897; Swinhoe 1913; Bell 1925a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae). Heynea trijuga (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Meliaceae). Toddalia asiatica (Robinson et al. 2010) (Rutaceae). Out of these plants, Ricinus communis needs to be verified.
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, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Saji, K., M. Bhakare, S. Mazumder, V. Jathar, and P. A. Kumbha 2023. 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 2023/12/09.