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Gangara thyrsis

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above the last are three smaller spots obliquely before the apex, the two upper being geminated; in some specimens beneath the subapical spots is a small dot, and on the posterior margin another, both similar to the rest; cilia at posterior angle brownish-white; hindwing with the cilia at the anterior angle brownish white. Underside, forewing irrorated (sprinkled) with grey scales near the apex, posterior margin pale brownish-white, spots yellow as above; hindwing irrorated with grey scales in a series of bands across the wing.
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second discal spot, and a third, also double, along an equal portion of the submedian vein, and a thick clothing of setae paler than the groundcolour at the base of the interno-median area, and a similar clothing of paler setae on the middle three-fourths of the sutural area ; and, on the underside, a conspicuous and equally long furry patch of pale fulvous coarse setae divided by the submedian vein.
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The male and female are dark chocolate brown. With a forewing consisting of bright yellow semi-transparent quadrate spots disposed triangularly, the first is large and occupying half the cell, the second also large, obliquely beneath and partly beyond, the third small and obliquely above the second;
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The male of this species presents, on the upperside of each anterior wing, three lines of modified scales, namely, one along the posterior side of the median vein between the origins of its first and second branches, another on each side of the first median veinlet from the origin of this up to the
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The larva is greyish-white with a few ochreous dorsal spots and marks. From the body, a loose shaggy filamentous clothing consisting of pure wax is excreted, but which is easily rubbed off when handled, leaving the larva quite naked.
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Kunte, K. 2006. Additions to the known larval host plants of Indian butterflies. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 103(1):119-121
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A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum
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The wing expanse ranges from 2.5 to 3.25 inches (64 to 83 mm).
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Hesperiidae
Gangara
Binomial name
Fabricius
butterfly
Hesperiidae

Mangaon
Maharashtra
Cocos nucifera
Calamus pseudotenuis
Calamus rotang
Calamus thwaitesii
Phoenix loureirii
Licuala chinensis
Phoenix humilis
Zingiber officinale
Egg of the giant redeye butterfly
Giant redeye caterpillar emerging from its egg
Giant redeye first instar caterpillar
Giant redeye second instar caterpillar
Caterpillar

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