Long-banded Silverline (Spindasis lohita)

Long-banded Silverline is a rare butterfly found in forests and such well wooded areas from lowlands to hills up to about 1200m a.s.l. It is the largest Sri Lankan Silverline. Its larva feeds on Albizia lebbeck (සූරිය මාර), Senna auriculata (රණවරා/Matara Tea/Tanner's Cassia), Dendrophthoe falcata, Trema orientale (ගැඩුඹ/Charcoal Tree) and Bridelia retusa (කැටකෑල).  Larva also attended by Crematogaster ants.