Branded Awlking

Choaspes plateni, commonly known as the branded awlking, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Asia. Known food plants include Meliosma (Meliosmaceae) and Pometia (Sapindaceae) Range The branded awlking is found in India (Sikkim, Assam), southern Myanmar (including Mergui), Malaysia, the Indonesian archipelago (including Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Bangka, Palawan), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Hainan, China.

Carl Constantin Platen (24 septembre 1843, Stralsund - 29 juin 1899, Barth) est un médecin et zoologiste prussien, collecteur d'oiseaux et de papillons. Pour ses collectes naturalistes, de nombreuses espèces lui ont été dédiées. Parmi les oiseaux commémorant Carl Platen, on compte Aramidopsis plateni, Gallicolumba platenae, Sterrhoptilus plateni, Prioniturus platenae, Ficedula platenae (es) et Thapsinillas longirostris (es) platenae.

Choaspes es un género de lepidópteros ditrisios de la subfamilia Coeliadinae dentro de la familia Hesperiidae. Especies Choaspes adhara Fruhstorfer, 1911 Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) Choaspes estrella de Jong, 1980 Choaspes hemixanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Choaspes furcatus Evans, 1932 Choaspes illuensis (Ribbe, 1900) Choaspes plateni (Staudinger, 1888) Choaspes stigmata Evans, 1932 Choaspes subcaudata (C. & R.