List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Hesperiidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of family Hesperiidae which are found in Sri Lanka. It is part of List of the butterflies of Sri Lanka.
Part of a series on |
Wildlife of Sri Lanka |
---|
Flora and fauna Birds (Endemics) Mammals (Endemics) |
Gardens Zoological gardens Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage Dehiwala Zoo Pinnawala Open Zoo Ridiyagama Safari Park Botanical gardens Hakgala Botanical Garden Henarathgoda Botanical Garden Mirijjawila Botanical Garden Peradeniya Botanic Gardens Seetawaka Botanical Garden |
Organizations Authorities Department of Forest Conservation Department of Wildlife Conservation Civil societies Field Ornithology Group |
Related topics |
Species
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Branded-orange awlet
|
Bibasis oedipodea | Bibasis oedipodea ataphus | |
Orange-tailed awl
|
Bibasis sena | Bibasis sena sena | |
Common banded awl
|
Hasora chromus | Hasora chromus chromus | |
White-banded awl
|
Hasora taminatus | Hasora taminatus taminatus | |
Ceylon awl
|
Hasora badra | Hasora badra lanka | |
Brown awl
|
Badamia exclamationis | ||
Indian awl king
|
Choaspes benjaminii | Choaspes benjaminii benjaminii | |
Black flat
|
Celaenorrhinus spilothyrus | ||
Black angle
|
Tapena thwaitesi | Tapena thwaitesi thwaitesi | |
Tricolor pied flat
|
Coladenia indrani | Coladenia indrani tissa | |
Common small flat
|
Sarangesa dasahara | Sarangesa dasahara albicilia | |
Ceylon snow flat
|
Tagiades japetus | Tagiades japetus obscurus | |
Water snow flat
|
Tagiades litigiosa | Tagiades litigiosa ceylonica | |
Golden angle
|
Caprona ransonnetii | Caprona ransonnetii ransonnetii | |
Ceylon golden angle | Caprona alida | Caprona alida lanka | |
African marbled skipper | Gomalia elma | Gomalia elma albofasciata | |
Indian skipper
|
Spialia galba | ||
Hedge hopper | Baracus vittatus | Baracus vittatus vittatus | |
Bush hopper
|
Ampittia dioscorides | Ampittia dioscorides singa | |
Ceylon ace
|
Halpe homolea | • Halpe homolea ceylonica
• Halpe homolea egena |
|
Decorated ace
|
Thoressa decorata | ||
Chestnut bob
|
Iambrix salsala | Iambrix salsala luteipalpus | |
Common banded demon
|
Notocrypta paralysos | Notocrypta paralysos alysia | |
Restricted demon
|
Notocrypta curvifascia | Notocrypta curvifascia curvifascia | |
Grass demon
|
Udaspes folus | ||
Indian palm bob
|
Suastus gremius | Suastus gremius subgrisea | |
Ceylon palm bob
|
Suastus minuta | Suastus minuta minuta | |
Tree flitter
|
Hyarotis adrastus | Hyarotis adrastus adrastus | |
Banded redeye
|
Gangara lebadea | Gangara lebadea subfasciata | |
Giant redeye
|
Gangara thyrsis | Gangara thyrsis clothilda | |
Common redeye
|
Matapa aria | ||
Common grass dart
|
Taractrocera maevius | Taractrocera maevius maevius | |
Common dartlet
|
Oriens goloides | ||
Indian dart | Potanthus pallida | ||
Common dart
|
Potanthus pseudomaesa | Potanthus pseudomaesa pseudomaesa | |
Tropic dart
|
Potanthus confucius | Potanthus Confucius satra | |
Pale palmdart
|
Telicota colon | Telicota colon amba | |
Dark palmdart
|
Telicota ancilla | Telicota ancilla lanka | |
Yellow palm dart
|
Cephrenes trichopepla | ||
Ceylon swift
|
Parnara bada | ||
Wallace's swift
|
Borbo cinnara | ||
Little branded swift
|
Pelopidas agna | Pelopidas agna agna | |
Large branded swift
|
Pelopidas thrax | Pelopidas thrax subochracea | |
Small branded swift
|
Pelopidas mathias | Pelopidas mathias mathias | |
Conjoined swift
|
Pelopidas conjuncta | Pelopidas conjuncta narooa | |
Paintbrush swift | Baoris penicillata | ||
Blank swift
|
Caltoris kumara | Caltoris kumara lanka | |
Philippine swift | Caltoris philippina | Caltoris philippina philippina |
gollark: There are a bunch available.
gollark: I bruteforced a bunch of available domains with a 3-letter 2LD and 2-letter TLD some time ago.
gollark: You die if you run out or something, because of course.
gollark: Oh yes, I think I read the TVTropes page for that.
gollark: In order that I can procrastinate for arbitrarily large amounts of time, time is harvested from unsuspecting internet users.
References
- Henry, G. M. R. and Woodhouse, L. G. O. (1942) The Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon. Colombo; Ceylon. 153pp.
- Moore, F. C. (1880–87) The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. L. Reeve & Co.: London. 3 v.
- Ormiston, W. (1924) The Butterflies of Ceylon Colombo, H. W. Cave
- Talbot, G. 1947 The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma: Butterflies (Vol 1 & 2)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.