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Great Orange Tip

Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1907

මහ රඹ-තුඩුවා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini

© Sarath Rajapakshe

male

පිරිමි

© Himesh Jayasinghe

female

ගැහැණු

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© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

courtship display

පෙරපෙම් ‍රැඟුම

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Adult stage of Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1907. 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/Hebomoia%20glaucippe%20ceylonica#adult

© Sarath Rajapakshe

egg

බිත්තරය

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

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 (2025). Early stages of Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1907. 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/Hebomoia%20glaucippe%20ceylonica#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Capparis moonii

Ref.: van der Pooerten & van der Pooerten, 2016

Capparis roxburghii

Ref.: van der Pooerten & van der Pooerten, 2016

Capparis sepiaria

Ref.: van der Pooerten & van der Pooerten, 2016

Crateva adansonii

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1907. 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/Hebomoia%20glaucippe%20ceylonica#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1907. 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/Hebomoia%20glaucippe%20ceylonica#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1907. 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/Hebomoia%20glaucippe%20ceylonica#seasonalAbundance

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