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Banana Skipper

Erionota torus

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A skipper butterfly with bright red eyes. The wings had whitish shading on the peripheral margins. First time I saw this species.

Habitat:

On a Canna plant that seems to be a moth magnet of sorts.

Notes:

I wish I had seen it with the wings open then I would Have been a 100 per cent sure.
Reported to be a pest of certain varieties of Banana

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Comments (2)

Beautiful capture Sukanya. Thanks.

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