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Palm redeye

Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The palm redeye (Erionota thrax) is a species in the family Hesperiidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the palm redeye

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
3.93 cm – 4.67 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
February to April, August to September, November
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Arecaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the palm redeye?

PALM REDEYE · WINGSPAN 4.67 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.67 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the palm redeye is about 2.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the palm redeye live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the palm redeye as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Mauritius

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the palm redeye endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the palm redeye classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyHesperiidae
  6. genusErionota
  7. SpeciesErionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)

Synonyms Papilio thrax

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Banana skipperEnglish
  • Penggulung Daun PisangIndonesian
  • Entung GedangJavanese
  • ผีเสื้อหนอนม้วนใบกล้วยธรรมดาThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the palm redeye

Other species in the same genus Erionota.

ComparePalm redeye vs Banana skipperPalm redeye vs Sybarite skipperPalm redeye vs Small palm-redeyePalm redeye vs Erionota grandis

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the palm redeye?

An adult palm redeye has a wingspan of 3.93 cm – 4.67 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the palm redeye an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the palm redeye as introduced in 1 country: Mauritius, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the palm redeye?

The palm redeye (Erionota thrax) belongs to the family Hesperiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Palm redeye (Erionota thrax). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/palm-redeye

MLA

“Palm redeye (Erionota thrax).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/palm-redeye.

BibTeX
@misc{palm_redeye_2026,
  title = {Palm redeye (Erionota thrax)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palm-redeye},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}