Erionota thrax, commonly known as the Palm Redeye or the Banana Skipper, is a butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from India

India

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, through south-eastern Asia

Asia

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 to Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

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. In the north it is found up to southern China

China

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. It is an introduced species on various Pacific inslands, including the Salomon Islands

Salomon Islands

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 and Hawaii

Hawaii

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. It has also been recorded from Mauritius

Mauritius

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.
The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 70-77 mm. There are multiple generations per year.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Musa

Musa (genus)

Musa is one of three genera in the family Musaceae; it includes bananas and plantains. There are over 50 species of Musa with a broad variety of uses....

species, especially Musa textilis. It has also been recorded on Cocos nucifera and other Palm species.

Description

Subspecies

• Erionota thrax thrax (Indonesia)
• Erionota thrax mindana (southern and central Philippines)
• Erionota thrax hasdrubal (northern Moluccas)
• Erionota. thrax alexandra (Luzon, northern Philippines)