Hasora mavis  Evans, 1934

Perak Banded Awl
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: ​Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Coeliadinae
​Genus: ​Hasora
Species: mavis
  • Common names: Perak Banded Awl
  • Thai names: ผีเสื้อหน้าเข็มสีตาล
  • Distribution: P. Thailand (Ko Samui), W. Malaysia, Borneo, Talaud, Philippines.
  • Image locations:  Surat Thani (Koh Samui)
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  • Additional notes: Many thanks to Les Day for sharing what is probably one of the rarest butterflies in Thailand. This species has only been seen in Thailand on Koh Samui, first by Masashi Maruyama in 1989 and then by Les in 2010 with 4 additional sightings by him. (1.)
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Image locations
Images of Hasora mavis from Thailand.
Hasora mavis Koh Samui Surat Thani Prov 23 January 2015.jpg
Hasora mavis (Koh Samui, Surat Thani Prov. - 23 January 2015)
References: 
(1.) Samui Butterflies
​​​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies