Erionota torus

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Erionota torus, also known as the rounded palm-redeye, Sikkim palm dart, Sikkim palm red-eye and banana skipper,[http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/293-Erionota/Erionota-torus Butterflies of India] 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{{Cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287980260|title=A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India|last1=R.K.|first1=Varshney|last2=Smetacek|first2=Peter|publisher=Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi|year=2015|isbn=978-81-929826-4-9|location=New Delhi|doi=10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164}} to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and China.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/erionota/index.html Erionota at funet] It has also been recorded from Taiwan.{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/09670879109371583 | volume=37 | title=The banana skipper,Erionota torus Evans (Hesperidae: Lepidoptera): Establishment, distribution and extent of damage in Taiwan | year=1991 | journal=Tropical Pest Management | pages=207–210 | last1 = Chiang | first1 = H.-S. | last2 = Hwang | first2 = M. -T.| issue=3 }}{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/187283#page/350/mode/1up|title=A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum|last=W. H.|first=Evans|author-link=William Harry Evans |publisher=British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology|year=1949|location=London|pages=326}}

The wingspan is 65–70 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in April to November. They feed on flowers nectar of banana trees.{{Cite web |url=http://old.hkbutterfly.org/info-e_torus.html |title=old.hkbutterfly.org |access-date=2014-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111171802/http://old.hkbutterfly.org/info-e_torus.html |archive-date=2014-01-11 |url-status=dead }}

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.