| Hasora badra | (Moore, 1858) |
TL: Java (100 - 800 m.)
Male and female yellowish brown.
Male, with a suffused blackish subbasal patch; forewing with three conjugated very small yellowish semitransparent spots near the costa, one fourth from the apex. Cilia pale greyish brown. Underside brown suffused with purple; forewing with a blackish costal patch before the apex, posterior margin yellowish; hindwing with a subbasal and submarginal suffused blackish band, the latter terminating in a black patch on anal lobe; above the patch is a purple-white streak, and within the cell a small bluish white spot. Palpi and body beneath dull yellow. Legs, pale brown.
Female, above brown suffused with vinaceous yellowish brown basally; forewing with the three small subapical spots (as in male) and three rather large obliquely quadrate spots, two being disposed on the disc, the third above and within the cell. Underside with the spots on forewing as in upperside; hindwing as in male.
40-48 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishCommon Awl 
മലയാളംമുനശലഭം 
ไทยผีเสื้อหน้าเข็มธรรมดา ไทยหน้าเข็มธรรมดา 
中文三斑趾弄蝶 
日本語テツイロビロウドセセリ
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fabaceae Derris elliptica Fabaceae Derris trifoliata Fabaceae Millettia pachycarpa Fabaceae Pongamia
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Goniloba badra Moore, 1857 Ismene certhia Plötz, 1883
- Hasora badra is a member of the clade Hasora celaenus:
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Species Author Hasora badra (Moore, 1858) Hasora celaenus (Stoll, 1782) Hasora mixta (Mabille, 1876) Hasora quadripunctata (Mabille, 1875) Hasora sakit Maruyama & Uehara, 1992 Hasora subcaelestis Rothschild, 1916
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy Butterflies of Indo-China Y.Inayoshi Butterflies of Singapore 
Lepiforum e. V.
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