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Yellow Orange Tip

Ixias pyrene cingalensis Moore, [1881]

කහ රඹ-තුඩුවා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini

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male

පිරිමි

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female (dry season form)

ගැහැණු (වියළි කාලයුරුව)

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wet season form

තෙත් කාලයුරුව

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Ixias pyrene cingalensis Moore, [1881]. 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/Ixias%20pyrene%20cingalensis#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Ixias pyrene cingalensis Moore, [1881]. 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/Ixias%20pyrene%20cingalensis#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Capparis grandis

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Capparis sepiaria

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Ixias pyrene cingalensis Moore, [1881]. 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/Ixias%20pyrene%20cingalensis#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Ixias pyrene cingalensis Moore, [1881]. 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/Ixias%20pyrene%20cingalensis#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Ixias pyrene cingalensis Moore, [1881]. 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/Ixias%20pyrene%20cingalensis#seasonalAbundance

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