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Bengal Harisa Orange Awlet

Burara harisa harisa Moore, 1865

Habitat:

A small low-lying town by the side of a river and surrounded by sal forests.

Notes:

I spotted this butterfly trying to escape from inside a hotel glass gate at a small town called Jorethang in South Sikkim, which is situated across Rangeet River separating Darjeeling District tea estates (West Bengal) and Sikkim.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Bengal Harisa Orange Awlet
Burara harisa harisa http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/966/Burara-harisa


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5 Comments

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 8 years ago

Thanks James. You hit the bull's eye! I feel it's the correct identification. Thanks once more.

James McNair
James McNair 8 years ago

How about Burara harisa harisa Dr. This has same coloration right down to the 2 little black dots

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 8 years ago

Thanks Jellis. This one looks very much like the one in the ref. But still confused among Orange Awlet, Branded Orange Awlet; Bibasis jaina jaina, B. oedipodea athena, Burara harisa consobrina . . . .Pl help.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 8 years ago

Thanks James McNair for the lead. But pl verify again. This one doesn't match with the specimen in the ref.

Jellis
Jellis 8 years ago

definitely looks like a Awlet species. Almost like the Orange Awlet (Burara harisa consobrina) with the abdomen like a Pale Green Awlet Burara gomata

DrNamgyalTSherpa
Spotted by
DrNamgyalTSherpa

Sikkim, India

Spotted on Oct 21, 2015
Submitted on Nov 11, 2015

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