Coeliadinae

Brown awl Badamia exclamationis, photographed by Raju Kasambe.

Belongs within: Hesperioidea.

The Coeliadinae are a group of fairly large skippers, the brightly coloured larvae of which feed on dicotyledons (Nielsen & Common 1991).

Characters (from Nielsen & Common 1991): Fairly large with short antennae, apical segment of labial palps long and slender and directed forwards, hind wing distinctly lobed, tornus sometimes produced, M₂ tubular and arising nearer M₁ than M₃; male sometimes with sex-brand on fore wing.

<==Coeliadinae
    |--Allora J03
    |--Choaspes J03
    |--Hasora PP02
    |    |--H. chromus PP02
    |    |    |--H. c. chromus PP02
    |    |    `--H. c. bilunata PP02
    |    `--H. khoda PP02
    `--Badamia PP02
         |--B. atrox PP02
         |    |--B. a. atrox PP02
         |    `--B. a. subflava PP02
         `--B. exclamationis PP02

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[J03] Jong, R. de. 2003. Are there butterflies with Gondwanan ancestry in the Australian region? Invertebrate Systematics 17: 143-156.

Nielsen, E. S., & I. F. B. Common. 1991. Lepidoptera. In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia, 2nd ed., vol. 2, pp. 817-915. Melbourne University Press.

[PP02] Patrick, B., & H. Patrick. 2002. Butterflies of Fiji. Weta 24: 5-12.