Sri Lanka Butterflies
These photos were taken on a Naturetrek Butterfly tour (Butterflies of Sri Lanka) in the 3rd week of February 2023 led by Himesh Jayasinge who has written 2 guidebooks to the Butterflies of Sri Lanka both of which I used in the field.Â
Sri Lanka Birdwing (endemic)
Crimson Rose
Common Rose
Blue Mormon
Bluebottle
Common Jay
Psyche
Jezebel
Common Gull
Sri Lankan Lesser Albatross (endemic)
Great Orange Tip
Dark Wanderer
Lemon Emigrant
Three-spot Grass Yellow
Blue Glassy Tiger
Blue Tiger
Dark Blue Tiger
Glassy Tiger
Sri Lankan Tiger (endemic)
Common Tiger
Common Crow
Angled Caster
Common Caster
Rustic
Tawny Coster
Grey Pansy
Chocolate Soldier
Common Lascar
Common Sailor
Black Rajah
Dark Evening Brown
Common Evening Brown
Tamil Treebrown
Medus Brown
Common Bushbrown
Gladeye Bushbrown
White Four-ring
Monkey Puzzle
Common Silverline
Plumbeous Silverline
Slate Flash
Pea Blue
Metallic Cerulean
Common Cerulean
Common Pierrot
Banded Blue Pierrot
Red Pierrot
Grass Jewel
Lesser Grass Blue
Oriental (Indian) Cupid
Hampsons Hedge Blue (foreground)
Quaker
Lime Blue
Plains Cupid
Sri Lankan pale Six Lineblue (endemic)
Brown Awl
White Banded Awl
Golden Angle
Grizzled Skipper
Chestnut Bob
Common Dartlet
Little Branded Swift
Smallest Swift
Common Small Flat
Bush Hopper