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Giant Red Eye

Gangara thyrsis clothilda (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

මහ රතැසියා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Hesperiinae > Aeromachini

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Gangara thyrsis clothilda (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. https://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Gangara%20thyrsis%20clothilda#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

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2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

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3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

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3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

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4th Instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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4th Instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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4th Instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th Instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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leaf shelter of the 1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුවේ නිවස්නය

© Himesh Jayasinghe

leaf shelter of the 5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුවේ නිවස්නය

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Early stages of Gangara thyrsis clothilda (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. https://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Gangara%20thyrsis%20clothilda#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Calamus ovoideus

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Calamus pseudotenuis

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Calamus rotang

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Calamus thwaitesii

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Gangara thyrsis clothilda (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. https://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Gangara%20thyrsis%20clothilda#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Gangara thyrsis clothilda (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. https://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Gangara%20thyrsis%20clothilda#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Gangara thyrsis clothilda (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. https://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Gangara%20thyrsis%20clothilda#seasonalAbundance

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