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Alida Angle (Ceylon Golden Angle)

Caprona alida lanka Evans, 1932

හීන් තුනැස්සා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Pyrginae > Tagiadini

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

female

ගැහැණු

© Sarath Rajapakshe

female

ගැහැණු

Rajapakshe, S. (2026). Adult stage of Caprona alida lanka Evans, 1932. 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/Caprona%20alida%20lanka#adult

© Sarath Rajapakshe

egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2026). Early stages of Caprona alida lanka Evans, 1932. 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/Caprona%20alida%20lanka#child

Anonymous (2026). Larval food plants of Caprona alida lanka Evans, 1932. 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/Caprona%20alida%20lanka#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2026). Distribution map of Caprona alida lanka Evans, 1932. 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/Caprona%20alida%20lanka#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2026). Seasonal abundance of Caprona alida lanka Evans, 1932. 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/Caprona%20alida%20lanka#seasonalAbundance

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