Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) - Giant Redeye

Subspecies in India

(1) Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) – Oriental Giant Redeye

Conservation and Special status

This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT1
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam111
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa11
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka91113724442
Kerala31141461042
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra654123281598
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura7222
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total2557258411719341914

Borassus flabellifer, Calamus spp., Calamus pseudofeanus, Calamus rotang, Calamus thwaitesii, Caryota urens, Chamaerops humilis, Cocos nucifera, Corypha umbraculifera, Corypha utan, Dypsis lutescens, Licuala chinensis, Licuala grandis, Phoenix acaulis, Phoenix loureiroi, Phoenix sylvestris, Roystonia regia (Arecaceae). Cyperus alternifolius (Cyperaceae). Saccharum officinarum (Poaceae). Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae).


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, 10:11495–11550.

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

Page citation

Saji K., K. Kunte, L. Shyamal, Manoj P., T. Bhagwat, and S. Debnath 2023. Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) – Giant 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/gangara-thyrsis, accessed 2023/06/02.