The Plain Banded Awl, Hasora vitta vitta (Butler)

Probably the commonest of the Hasora, it is found even in towns and villages, sometimes entering houses at dawn or at dusk. However, its presence seems to be seasonal and coincides with the peak season between March to August. Other times it is rarer and along the jungle path, is seldom seen except in areas frequented by humain where this butterfly has the habit of licking on stained concrete walls and metal poles in recreational places. They are all swift and powerful flyers and are very skittish to human presence, reacting nervously to the camera's flash. In their rapid whirring flight, they make a faint "clicking" sound: a signature of Hasoras and certain large Coeliadiniids.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
			x			x	x	x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurence, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
	S1						S3

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
				S1	S2	S2	S2	S2

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S1

S5

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
		S1S2	S1S2	S1S2	S1S2	S2

S1:  This one was doing some "vertical puddling" on an oily kitchen plastic sheet by a village stall. It came back repeatedly to the same spot after being harassed by my camera. 27 April 2013 @ 10:10

S1:  Not far off, another perfect specimen was doing the same act on a painted metal pole of a shade by a popular recreational spot. 27 April 2013 @ 10:42.

S3: 11 October 2013 @ 9:32

S2: 17 May 2014 @ 10:10

S1: Puddling on a granite boulder: 12 Apr 2015 @ 10:03

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a female visiting Chromolaena odorata: 05 Dec 2015 @ 11:20