Burara harisa, the orange awlet,Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Bibasis. is a species of hesperid found in Asia. The butterfly was reassigned to genus Burara by Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) and is considered by them to be Burara harisa.Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) (see TOL web pages on genus Bibasis and genus Burara in the Tree of Life Web Project) state that Bibasis contains just three diurnal species, the crepuscular remainder having been removed to Burara. The species now shifted to Burara are morphologically and behaviorally distinct from Bibasis, within which many authors have formerly included them.
Range The orange awlet is found in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Java, Singapore, Hong Kong and north Vietnam.
In India, the butterfly is found along the Himalayas from Sikkim to Assam and eastwards to south Myanmar. It also has been recorded from the Andaman Islands.
The type locality is Bengal.
Status It is considered by William Harry Evans to be very rare in Hong Kong, rare in South India, but not rare in the Himalayas.
Description
The butterfly has a wingspan of 45 to 55 mm.
Edward Yerbury Watson (1891) gives a detailed description:Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae.
Habits This butterfly is crepuscular.
Host plants The larva has been recorded on Zingiber zerumbet (Zingiberaceae).
Cited references
References Print
Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae. Vest and Co. Madras.
Online
Brower, Andrew V. Z. and Warren, Andrew, (2007). Coeliadinae Evans 1937. Version 21 February 2007 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Coeliadinae/12150/2007.02.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/