Choaspes benjaminii
| Indian awlking | |
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| dorsal view | |
| lateral view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Choaspes |
| Species: | C. benjaminii
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| Binomial name | |
| Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
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Choaspes benjaminii, also known as the Indian awlking or common awlking, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. The species is named after Benjamin Delessert and was described on the basis of a specimen collected by Adolphe Delessert in the Nilgiris.