Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767) - Palm Redeye

Subspecies in India

(1) Erionota thrax thrax (Linnaeus, 1767) – Acute Palm Redeye. This species is also known as the Banana Skipper.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam11
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya21
Mizoram2
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal2
Total12112122

Cocos nucifera, Metroxylon spp. (Arecaceae). Musa spp., Musa x paradisiaca (Musaceae). Chrysopogon spp., Saccharum spp. (Poaceae). Ravenala madagascariensis (Strelitziaceae).

Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(4): 11495–11550.

For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767) – Palm Redeye. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/erionota-thrax, accessed 2024/04/19.