Endemic Butterflies OF SRI LANKA

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The Order Lepidoptera is the second largest insect Order in the island with about 2160 species. At least 195 of them are true Butterflies and 49 are Skippers, rest being macro and micro Moths. These numbers include 23 species of Endemic butterflies. Endemicity of other Lepidoptera is still uncertain and cannot give exact figure without further studies.

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Endemic Butterflies     Ceylon Birdwing Troides darsius Jewel Four-ring Ypthima singala     Ceylon Rose Pachliopta jophon Ceylon Cerulean Jamides coruscans     Ceylon Tiger Parantica taprobana Pale Ceylon Six Lineblue Nacaduba sinhala   Ceylon Tree-Nymph Idea iasonia Lesser Albatross Appias galene     Ceylon Palmfly Elymnias singhala Black Flat Celaenorrhinus spilothyrus             Common name Scientificl name 1 Ceylon Birdwing Troides darsius 2 Ceylon Rose Pachliopta jophon 3 Ceylon Tiger Parantica taprobana 4 Ceylon Tree-Nymph Idea iasonia 5 Ceylon Palmfly Elymnias singhala 6 Ceylon Treebrown Lethe daretis 7 Ceylon Forester Lethe dynsate 8 Cingalese Bushbrown Mycalesis rama 9 Jewel Four-ring Ypthima singala 10 Blue Oak Leaf Kallima philarchus 11 Ormiston's Oakblue Arhopala ormistoni 12 Ceylon Cerulean Jamides coruscans 13 Milky Cerulean Jamides lacteata 14 Woodhouse's Four Lineblue Nacaduba ollyetti 15 Pale Ceylon Six Lineblue Nacaduba sinhala 16 Green's Silverline Spindasis greeni 17 Clouded Silverline Spindasis nubilus 18 Ceylon Indigo Royal Tajuria arida 19 Ceylon Hedge Blue Udara lanka 20 Lesser Albatross Appias galene 21 One Spot Grass Yellow Eurema andersonii 22 Black Flat Celaenorrhinus spilothyrus 23 Decorated Ace Halpe decorata

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