giant red eye skipper
(Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775))


Invasive Listing Sources


No reference that we have lists this species as invasive in North America. This species is included for comparison to other species that are considered invasive.

Taxonomic Rank


Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Gangara
Subject: Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms and Other Names


Other Common Names:
giant redeye