Rounded Palm-redeye (Erionata torus)
Image Copyright David Hinchliffe
Last Observed: 2011, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Hinchliffe
The most striking feature of this small tawny couloured moth is it’s brightly coloured red eye. It seems a strange evolutionary selection to reveal the eye so clearly when so many other animals go to elaborate lengths to conceal their vulnerable eyes.
If anyone knows why this is the case then we’d love to know.
Rounded palm-redeye ifoundbutterflies.org
