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Small palm-redeye

Erionota acroleucus (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the small palm-redeye

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
3.9 cm – 4.25 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
January, May, July
Larval food plants
Arecaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the small palm-redeye?

SMALL PALM-REDEYE · WINGSPAN 4.25 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.25 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the small palm-redeye is about 2.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the small palm-redeye live?

Not recorded

Is the small 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 small palm-redeye classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyHesperiidae
  6. genusErionota
  7. SpeciesErionota acroleucus (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)

Synonyms Erionota hiraca, Erionota thrax acroleuca, Hesperia acroleuca, Hesperia hiraca, Telegonus acroleucus, Telegonus lara, Teligonus lara

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Small palm redeyeEnglish
  • White-tipped skipperEnglish
  • ผีเสื้อบินเร็วใหญ่ปลายปีกขาวThai
  • 阿蕉弄蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the small palm-redeye

Other species in the same genus Erionota.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the small palm-redeye?

An adult small palm-redeye has a wingspan of 3.9 cm – 4.25 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the small palm-redeye?

The small palm-redeye (Erionota acroleucus) 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). Small palm-redeye (Erionota acroleucus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-palm-redeye

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BibTeX
@misc{small_palm_redeye_2026,
  title = {Small palm-redeye (Erionota acroleucus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-palm-redeye},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}