Bibasis harisa explained

Bibasis harisa, the orange awlet,[1] is a species of hesperid found in Asia. The butterfly was reassigned to genus Burara by Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) and is considered by them to be Burara harisa.[2]

Range

The orange awlet is found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Java, Singapore, Hong Kong and north Vietnam.[1]

In India, the butterfly is found along the Himalayas from Sikkim to Assam and eastwards to south Myanmar. It also has been recorded from the Andaman islands.[1] [3]

The type locality is Bengal.[1]

Status

It is considered by William Harry Evans to be very rare in Hong Kong, rare in South India, but not rare in the Himalayas.[3]

Description

The butterfly has a wingspan of 45 to 55 mm.[3]

Edward Yerbury Watson (1891) gives a detailed description:[4]

Habits

This butterfly is crepuscular.[2]

Host plants

The larva has been recorded on Zingiber zerumbet (Zingiberaceae).[1]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Bibasis.
  2. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) (see TOL web pages on genus Bibasis and genus Burara in the Tree of Life Web Project) state that Bibasis contains just three diurnal species, the crepuscular remainder having been removed to Burara. The species now shifted to Burara are morphologically and behaviorally distinct from Bibasis, within which many authors have formerly included them.
  3. Book: Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 . 318–319, ser no I 2.13 .
  4. Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae.

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