Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

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

Rather common butterfly flies all the year round, mainly in the dry zone scrub jungles, forests and waste places. It also occurs in the...

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...

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 ...

Largest Pieridae butterfly of the island with very fast flight. It often flies very high. Great Orange Tip occurs all over the country ...

Common butterfly flies in the dry low country scrublands. Commoner in the northern part of the island especially in the  Jaffna and Manna...

Common butterfly of the hill country. But not occurred in the very high elevations. It takes parts in migrations and also settles on wet ...

Common butterfly found in all elevations of the country throughout the year. Common grass yellow is a migratory species. Its larval ho...

Locally common butterfly occurs in grasslands of the hills from 200-2200m asl. I ts larva feeds on  Chamaecrista leschenaultiana , Chamae...

A very common butterfly occurs from lowlands to hills while becoming scarce in the hills above 1000m a.s.l.. It take parts in migrations ...

Rare endemic butterfly found in wet zone forests up to elevation of about 3500ft. As per Woodhouse " it can be taken in numbers at ...

Common butterfly found in gardens and open areas, especially in lowlands and up to about 500m. It is a migratory species and during the...

Three-spot Grass Yellow is a very common insect found in the low country  wet zone  and hills while becoming rare towards the North of t...

Rather uncommon  butterfly  found in low country below 1800 ft a.s.l. all the year round while seldom also flies in the hills.  Its fe...

Lesser Albatross was a butterfly plentiful all over the island in all the year round ( Ormiston W. 1924 ). Even during 1990s D’ Ab...

Rather rare butterfly inhabits coastal areas of north of Chilaw and Tangalla to Hambantota of extreme south. However sometimes it occurs ...

Rather rare butterfly of dry low lands but found in all elevations during migratory season from November to December.  W. Ormiston...

Common in low country drier parts throughout the year but can be seen all over the island including higher hills during the migration p...

Rather uncommon butterfly, found all the year round in patana grasslands of mid hills (500ft to 3000ft). Spotless grass yellow is a migrat...

Rare butterfly of southern low country of the island.  Flight fast and strong. Male often settle on damp earth. Its larva feeds on l...