Saturday, September 17, 2011

Common Hedge Blue (Acytolepis puspa felderi)

Locally common butterfly found in forested areas of the island.  Its larva feeds on Hiptage benghalensis (පුවක් ගෙඩියා වැල්), Bridelia moonii (පත් කෑල), Bridelia retusa (කැටකෑල), Meliosma simplicifolia (ඇල්බැද්ද)Lepisanthes tetraphylla (දාඹු), Nephelium lappaceum(රඹුටන්)Sapindus emarginatus, Schleichera oleosa(කෝන්/Ceylon Oak) and Peltophorum pterocarpum (Copper pod/Yellow flame/Yellow poinciana), . It takes part in migrations.

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