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Sri Lankan Lesser Albatross

Appias galene (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

ශ්‍රී ලංකා සුදනා

Endemic

Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini

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male

පිරිමි

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male (wet season form)

පිරිමි (තෙත් කාලයුරුව)

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male

පිරිමි

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female

ගැහැණු

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female

ගැහැණු

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female (form lankapura)

ගැහැණු

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Appias galene (C. & R. Felder, 1865). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. http://www.slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Appias%20galene#adult

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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egg

බිත්තරය

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Appias galene (C. & R. Felder, 1865). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. http://www.slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Appias%20galene#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Drypetes gardneri

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Drypetes sepiaria

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Appias galene (C. & R. Felder, 1865). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. http://www.slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Appias%20galene#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Appias galene (C. & R. Felder, 1865). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. http://www.slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Appias%20galene#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Appias galene (C. & R. Felder, 1865). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. http://www.slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Appias%20galene#seasonalAbundance

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