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Banana Skipper

Erionota torus

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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2 Comments

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 4 years ago

Thanks, Tukup.

Tukup
Tukup 4 years ago

Beautiful capture Sukanya. Thanks.

SukanyaDatta
Spotted by
SukanyaDatta

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Spotted on Oct 19, 2019
Submitted on Oct 20, 2019

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