SLButterflies

Pioneer

Belenois aurota taprobana (Moore, 1872)

අප්සරාවි

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini

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wet season form

තෙත් කාලයුරුව

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dry season form

වියළි කාලයුරුව

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male

පිරිමි

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female

ගැහැණු

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mating pair

රමණයේ යෙදෙන ජෝඩුවක්

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Belenois aurota taprobana (Moore, 1872). 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/Belenois%20aurota%20taprobana#adult

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eggs

බිත්තරය

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eggs

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

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2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

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3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

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3rd instar

තෙවන 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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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

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Belenois aurota taprobana (Moore, 1872). 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/Belenois%20aurota%20taprobana#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Cadaba trifoliata

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Capparis grandis

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Capparis sepiaria

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Capparis zeylanica

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Maerua arenaria

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Belenois aurota taprobana (Moore, 1872). 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/Belenois%20aurota%20taprobana#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Belenois aurota taprobana (Moore, 1872). 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/Belenois%20aurota%20taprobana#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Belenois aurota taprobana (Moore, 1872). 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/Belenois%20aurota%20taprobana#seasonalAbundance

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