New record of Giant Redeye Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Garhwal region of western Himalaya, India

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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8848.16.5.25273-25275

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Giant Redeye, Garhwal region, Sal forests, New Record, Arecaceae

Abstract

Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (Fabricius,1775) has distribution extending in peninsular India from Maharashtra to Kerala; Andhra Pradesh, and in northeastern India from West Bengal to Sikkim & Arunachal Pradesh. In north-western India it has been reported from Delhi & Kangra in Himachal Pradesh and also from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In the current observation, the occurrence of G. t. thyrsis was recorded from New Forest Campus of Forest Research Institute, Dehradun which is the first known authentic record from the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.

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Ankita Singh Sajwan, Forest Entomology Discipline, Forest Research Institute (FRI-ICFRE), P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006, India.

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Arun Pratap Singh, 1,2 Forest Entomology Discipline, Forest Research Institute (FRI-ICFRE), P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006, India.

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26-05-2024

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