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Status Uncertain or Doubtful Birds of Sri Lanka
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Tiny Grass Blue (Zizula hylax hylax)
Rather rare butterfly found in lowlands to about 1000m elevations. Larva feeds on various plants of family
Acanthaceae
such as
Hygrophila heinei ,
Phaulopsis dorsiflora
,
Ruellia patula,
Ruellia prostrata
(නිල් පුරුක්)
,
Ruellia tuberosa (නිල් පුරුක්/Wayside tuberose/Minnieroot)
,
Strobilanthes cordifolia (බූ නෙළු)
and
Hygrophila auriculata (කටු ඉකිරි/නීරමුල්ලිය)
Sometimes larvae are attended by ants.
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