86. Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (The Giant Redeye)

Number: 86

Family: Hesperiidae
Sub-Family: Hesperiinae

Species: Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775)

Common name(s): The Giant Redeye

Photography location: Hanoi City

There are 4 species in the genus Gangara, all of which are Oriental in distribution. Two are recorded from Vietnam viz. thyrsis and lebadea.

Gangara thyrsis is distributed from India and Sri Lanka to south China, and south across peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra, Borneo, Palawan and Sulawesi.

 Gangara thyrsis thyrsis - specimen found in a park in the vicinity of palms