Common awl
The common awl is a skipper, a kind of butterfly with a thick body. On top it is plain dark brown. Underneath, parts of its wings have a soft purple shine.
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Fun facts
The female has big yellow spots on her front wings. The male has only a few tiny dots.
It lives in many countries, from Sri Lanka and India to Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia.
The first one that scientists described came from the island of Java in Indonesia.
The ones living in Sri Lanka look a little different: they have no purple shine underneath.
Most asked questions about Common awl
?How big is the common awl?
Its wings are about 50 to 55 millimetres across.
?What does the common awl caterpillar eat?
Leaves of plants such as Derris and Pongamia, which belong to the bean family.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hasora badra
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Hasora badra (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Vkchandrasekharanlic. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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