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
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Kerala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 8 | |||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 25 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 19 | 14 |
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.
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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.