Burara vasutana, the green awlet,Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Bibasis. is a species of hesperid butterfly 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 vasutana.Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) (see TOL web pages on genus Bibasis 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 green awlet is found in Nepal, the Indian Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos.
In India, the butterfly ranges from Kumaon, across Nepal along the Himalayas to Sikkim and Assam and eastwards towards Myanmar. The type locality is Darjeeling in northern West Bengal.
Status William Harry Evans described it is being not rare in the Himalayas.
Description
The butterfly has a wingspan of 55 to 65 mm.
Edward Yerbury Watson (1891) gives a detailed description:Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae.
Habits This butterfly is crepuscular.
References
Further reading
Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae. Vest and Co. Madras.
External links
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/
List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae) List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)