Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

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

  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...

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

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 insect found in forested habitats of southwestern wet zone. Few colonies are also inhabiting below Revestone and Corbet'...

Rather rare butterfly inhabiting grasslands and open meadows of the Uva and Sabaragamuwa hills and drier areas of the Central province. I...

Very rare butterfly. W. Ormiston first collected it in Sri Lanka at Haldumulla , and noted in his monograph of Sri Lankan butterflies &...

Banana Skipper is the most recently discovered butterfly of   Sri Lanka .  Rohana Gunawardana  first observed two adults on 16th August ...

Common insect flies in grasslands, roadsides and open areas from drier North and Northwestern lowlands to higher hills ( Woodhous...

Rare butterfly found in wet and intermediate zone jungles. Its larva feeds on  Zingiber zerumbet ,   Zingiber officinale , Meistera tric...

An uncommon butterfly occurs in grassy areas all over the island up to mid-hills. It often found settled on grass by the roadsides. If d...

Rare endemic butterfly found in southwestern forest areas up to about 1200 m elevations. No data available on its larval host plants or e...

Little branded Swift is a rare butterfly with not much data on its distribution in the island. As per Woodhouse it is more likely to b...

Rare butterfly found in wet zone habitats from lowlands to about 300ft elevation of the hills. Larva feeds on Bambusa multiplex, Bambusa ...

Yellow Palm Dart is a butterfly restricted to the Australian region. It was first recorded in Sri Lanka by Dr. George (Michael) van der P...

Common butterfly found in all climatic zones of the country throughout the year while becoming rarer in higher elevations. It is very f...

An uncommon butterfly confine to the wet zone of the country up to mid-hills. It is more frequently seen from August to October ( Woodhou...

An uncommon butterfly occurs locally from lowlands to mid-hills. It flew very late in the evening. Larva feeds on     Calamus pseudotenui...

An uncommon butterfly occurs in southwestern forests from lowlands to the hills. It has a fast flight and often settle beneath leave...

An uncommon butterfly probably occurs all over the island  where its larval host plants available,  excluding higher hills    . Both Ormi...