Hasora taminatus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Hasora taminatus, the white banded awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, which is found in Asia. The butterfly is found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Cambodia Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Hong Kong, western China, Malaysia, the Indonesian archipelago (Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Nias, Sumbawa and Bali), the Philippines and Sulawesi.
In India the butterfly is found in South India, where it occurs in the Western Ghats, Kodagu, Nilgiri mountains and Palni hills; and in the Himalayas from Mussoorie eastwards to Sikkim and through to Myanmar. It is also found in the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands.
The type locality is South India. William Harry Evans (1932) reports that it is common in South India and not rare elsewhere. The butterfly, which has a wingspan of 45 to 55 mm, is dark brown and unmarked above; and resembles the common banded awl (Hasora chromus), except that it has a broad white band on the under hindwing which is sharply defined. The female white banded awl has small spots on the upper forewing while the male has no brand above.
Edward Yerbury Watson (1891) gives detailed descriptions of H... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White Banded Awl sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 163rd most-seen of the 296 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White Banded Awl in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White Banded Awl sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kaeng Krachan National Park, in our data
Kaeng Krachan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White Banded Awl sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the White Banded Awl that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Orangetail Awlet (about 10%), Chestnut Angle (about 10%) and Chestnut Bob (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White Banded Awl is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (9 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
