Common Banded Demon (Notocrypta paralysos alysia)

Rather rare butterfly found in wet zone jungles upto about 1500m a.s.l . It has a rather fast up and down flight with frequently settling on foliages. 

Larval Host Plants

Hellenia speciosa

Alpinia purpurata (Red ginger)

Alpinia zerumbet

Curcuma longa

Curcuma zedoaria

Hedychium coccineum

Hedychium flavescens (Yellow Ginger Lily)

Zingiber cylindricum

Zingiber officinale [ඉඟුරු/Ginger]

Zingiber wightianum

Zingiber zerumbet (වල් - ඉඟුරු/Wild Ginger)

Meistera fulviceps