Erionota torus

TaxID: 218728

Basic Information

Erionota torus

Banana Skipper, palm redeye

Erionota torus, also known as the rounded palm-redeye, Sikkim palm dart, Sikkim palm red-eye and banana skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It was described by William Harry Evans in 1941. It is found from southern and northeast India to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and China. It has also been recorded from Taiwan. The wingspan is 65 C70 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in April to November. They feed on flowers nectar of banana trees. The larvae feed on Musa coccina, Musa formosana, Musa nana, Musa sapientum, Musa uranoscopos and Cocos nucifera. They make leaf shelters. The larvae reach a length of about 50 mm. Pupation occurs inside the leaf shelter.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Hesperiidae

Erionota

torus

nan

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Murali Mohan Bettampady@BY-NC
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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —

Distribution (14 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bangladesh Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present —
France Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Japan Present —
Sri Lanka Present —
Malaysia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (17 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
LNU376-17 BOLD:ADR3716 COI-5P 614 Vietnam 2014-01-01 22.419088, 103.85234
GBGL30136-19 BOLD:ADR3716 COI-5P 658 India - 23.5863, 81.173004
GBGL18665-15 BOLD:ADR3716 COI-5P 655 India - 23.5863, 81.173004
GBAAZ20286-24 BOLD:ADR3716 COI-5P 1531 Unrecoverable - -
ASWIO4003-21 BOLD:ADR3716 COI-5P 658 Reunion 2016-08-31 -20.9043, 55.4555
ASWIO378-21 BOLD:ADR3716 COI-5P 658 Reunion 2016-06-23 -
ASWIO377-21 BOLD:ADR3716 COI-5P 658 Reunion 2016-06-23 -
ASWIO3560-21 BOLD:ADR3716 COI-5P 611 Reunion 2016-06-02 -20.9796, 55.3414
ASWIO3559-21 BOLD:ADR3716 COI-5P 631 Reunion 2016-06-02 -20.9796, 55.3414
ASWIO3558-21 BOLD:ADR3716 COI-5P 632 Reunion 2016-06-02 -20.9796, 55.3414
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Literature