Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

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

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...

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

Rather uncommon butterfly flies in well wooded coastal wetlands and mangroves of southwestern part of the country from Negombo to Galle...

Rare butterfly restricted to the scrub lands of northwestern coast from Chilaw to Jaffna .   Ormiston recorded of seeing numbers settled ...

Rather rare butterfly of southwestern wet lowland rain forests with bamboo undergrowth. It flies at dawn and dusk. Larva feeds on  Ochlan...

Rather common butterfly restricted to the southwestern coast from Negombo to Galle,  not occurring inland more than 32 km s. Blue Glassy ...

Dark Blue Tiger is a common butterfly flies mainly in the dry zone of the country up to 1000 m elevations. It takes part in migrations. L...

Rather uncommon butterfly flies all over the island except in the higher hills. It is much common in the dry zone especially during the...

Common butterfly flies everywhere up to about 2000 ft. It is very common in the dry zone and local and scarce in the wet zone. It tak...

Rather uncommon butterfly  inhabiting hill country forests with bamboo undergrowth. Larva feeds on  Bambusa multiplex,  Bambusa vulgari...

Rather uncommon butterfly though widely distributed throughout the island in all climatic zones from sea level to about 1500 m altitude...

Locally common butterfly flies in wet and intermediate zone from lowlands to about 1400 m elevations. It has a slow flight which somewhat...

An uncommon butterfly occurs all over the island. But abundant in moderate elevations from 2000 to 4000 ft. It inhabits open areas such a...

Sri Lankan Tiger is an endemic butterfly  Occurs above 1000 m elevation and common above 1200 m though occasionally found as low as 800 ...

An uncommon butterfly though widely distributed in most parts of the island from lowlands to about 1000m a.s.l. It takes part in migrat...

Tamil Bushbrown is an endemic butterfly occurs in scrublands, home gardens and grasslands in dry and intermediate zones below 750m ele...

Rather rare butterfly flies all the year round mainly in the Uva patanas from 500 -1500m elevations. Sightings also available from Gala...

Rather rare butterfly with local distribution in south-central and south-eastern part of the country from Haldummulla to Batticola and t...

" So far it has only appeared in one valley in the Nitre Cave , surrounded by 6000 feet hills, except towards the north-west and eas...