Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

 Rather common butterfly flies all the year round in open scrublands, forest edges and secondary vegetations throughout the island up to abo...

Rather uncommon* butterfly flies all the year round in dry and intermediate zone forests, mainly in the southeastern part of the country. Th...

An endemic and very rare butterfly recently reported from only three locations ( Chundikulam and Iranaimadu of Northern Province and Anavil...

Rather uncommon butterfly flies throughout the year of all climatic zones. But it is much common below 650 m elevations, especially in the d...

  Indian Awl King is a rather uncommon butterfly restricted to the hill country forests above 1500 m a.s.l. But there are few records of ob...

An endemic butterfly  common in the forested areas above 1100 m elevations. It is much common in the first four months of the year, especial...

Rare Ace is a rare and endemic butterfly. Its recent records are only from the higher elevations at Knuckles range  and Peak Wilderness ...

Rather common butterfly but seldom seen since it inhabits mainly the canopy. Widely distributed in arid, dry and intermediate zones of th...

An uncommon butterfly found in wet zone forests up to  900 m a.s.l.  Its larva feeds on flowers and flower buds of Dalbergia pseudo-sisso...

A  rather common  endemic  butterfly restricted to hill country forests above 1500 m a.s.l. It flies all the year round though much com...

An uncommon endemic butterfly flies in forested areas above 1500 m elevations. It is much common from February to May. Singalese Hedge Bl...

A common butterfly restricted to the thorn scrub and waste places along the northwestern coastal arid zone from Eluwankulam to the Jaffna...

Common butterfly flies only in the northern part of the country from coastal thorn scrub of the western coast from Mannar to Pooneryn and...

Plain Orange Tip occurs only in coastal waste places and thorn scrub of the northern and north western part of the country. It is more nu...

An uncommon butterfly of hills and lowlands of Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces. It flies with the start of the northeast monsoon rains...

Rare butterfly distributed in same areas and similar habitats as it is of rather similar Club Beak . Its behavior is also similar to that...

Seasonally common insect flies mainly in the southeastern dry zone jungles up to 800 m a.s.l. Its main flight season is from April to Jun...

Rather rare butterfly of mid hill forests from 600 to 900 m elevations, while descending to 400 m a.s.l. along southern and southwestern ...