Subspecies Hasora khoda haslia Swinhoe, 1899
Large Banded Awl
- Hasora haslia Swinhoe, C. 1899. New species of Oriental Lepidoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 3: 102-116 [107].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Brisbane, QLD (designated in original description)
Comment: Swinhoe in the original description mentioned six specimens.Subsequent designation references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [111] (referred to a holotype); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (interpret Waterhouse's (1937) reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Fraser Is. and Maryborough, QLD, to Wombarra 60 km S of Sydney, NSW, rarely inland to Toowoomba, QLD.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: arboreal, herbivore (associated flora: Millettia megasperma (F.Muell.) Benth. [FABACEAE] Native Wisteria; Wisteria chinensis Siebold [FABACEAE] cultivated Wisteria).
Closed forest, coastal, subtropical, temperate, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Native Wisteria is an evergreen rainforest climber, larvae have recently adapted to cultivated Wisteria, eggs are laid singly on stems and new leaves of food plant, larva feeds only at night and builds silk-lined shelters in leaves of food plant, pupa in last larval shelter or larva may leave food plant and pupate in leaves of adjacent plants, adult flies throughout the day, flight is very rapid, recorded all months of the year, at Newcastle, NSW, overwinters as adult and lays eggs on developing Wisteria sinensis buds (A. Atkins, pers. comm.).
General References
Atkins, A.F. 1985. Strategies for winter. Victorian Entomologist 15(4): 54-55 [54]
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [91] (biology)
Smithers, C.N. & Peters, J.V. 1990. A note on abundance of Hasora khoda haslia (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in Sydney, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 17(3): 89-90 [89]
Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [216] (description)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |