Hasora
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| Awls | |
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| Common banded awl Hasora chromus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Coeliadinae |
| Genus: | Hasora Moore, 1881 |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
Hasora, the awls, are a genus of skipper butterflies. Hasora species are found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. There are cryptic species in this genus.Genitalia analysis is the only reliable method for identification as many species are externally almost identical.
