Oriental Giant Redeye
Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) Mal ayalam Name : വൻ ചെങ്കണ്ണി Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperrinae Sub species : Gangara thyrsis thyrsis common names : Oriental Giant Redeye DISTRIBUTION India & Sri Lanka STATUS: Common HABITAT: . HABITS IDENTIFICATION FEATURES The wingspan is 65–70 mm. The male and female are dark chocolate brown. With a forewing consisting of bright yellow semi-transparent quadrate spots disposed triangularly, the first is large and occupying half the cell, the second also large, obliquely beneath and partly beyond, the third small and obliquely above the second; above the last are three smaller spots obliquely before the apex, the two upper being geminated; in some specimens beneath the subapical spots is a small dot, and on the posterior margin another, both similar to the rest; cilia at posterior angle brownish-white; hindwing with the cilia at the anterior angle brownish white. Underside, forewi...