page_title: List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae)
section_title: Choaspes - awlkings
hierarchical_section_title: List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae) / Checklist / Choaspes - awlkings
caption_attribution_description: Indian Awlking Choaspes benjaminii
context_page_description: A total of 22 species belonging to four genera of the subfamily Coeliadinae, or the awls, awlets and awlkings, as they are commonly called, are found in India. These are relatively large skippers which inhabit dense forests, mostly evergreen, and have dicotyledonous host plants. The vividly marked, smooth, cylindrical caterpillars construct cells from leaves within which they metamorphose into stout pupae. These skippers tend to synchronise egg-laying followed by migration, sometimes to sub-optimal habitats in search of fresh supplies of host plants.
  The awls and related genera have long, narrow forewings, rounded hindwings with a characteristic deep fold at the inner margin and produced at the tornus. The adult sexes are alike excepting that males have specialised scales and scent brands on the forewings. They have large labial palpi which have a thin third segment protruding ahead of the eye. The eyes are large, an adaptation to the crepuscular habits of this species.
context_section_description: Indian awlking, Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
  Branded awlking, Choaspes plateni (Staudinger, 1888)
  Similar awlking, Choaspes xanthopogon (Kollar, 1844)
  Hooked awlking, Choaspes furcata Evans, 1932
caption: Indian awlking
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