Indian palm bob
Suastus gremius
The Indian palm bob is a small olive brown skipper, a kind of butterfly with a chunky body. Its front wings have creamy white spots. Its caterpillars live on palm trees.
Lives in
South and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Malaysia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The butterflies drink nectar from flowers. The caterpillars eat the leaves of palms.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
Indian palm bob about 30 km/h (19 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The underside of its wings is grey with a pinkish tinge and black spots ringed in white.
2
Its feelers are black with an orange tip.
3
The female is usually paler than the male and has bigger spots.
you asked
Most asked questions about Indian palm bob
?What does the Indian palm bob caterpillar eat?
Palm leaves, including date palms and fan palms.
?Where does the Indian palm bob live?
In South and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Malaysia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Suastus gremius
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Palm bob
Where the facts come from
- Suastus gremius (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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