SLButterflies

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Adult stage of Leptosia nina nina Fabricius, 1793. 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/Leptosia%20nina%20nina#adult

egg

බිත්තරය

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Leptosia nina nina Fabricius, 1793. 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/Leptosia%20nina%20nina#child

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

Cadaba fruticosa

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

Capparis roxburghii

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

Capparis sepiaria

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Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Capparis zeylanica

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Ref.: van der Poorten & van der poorten, 2014

Cardamine hirsuta

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Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Cleome gynandra

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Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Cleome rutidosperma

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Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Cleome viscosa

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

Crateva adansonii

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Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Nasturtium officinale

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

Cleome aspera

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Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Leptosia nina nina Fabricius, 1793. 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/Leptosia%20nina%20nina#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Leptosia nina nina Fabricius, 1793. 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/Leptosia%20nina%20nina#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Leptosia nina nina Fabricius, 1793. 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/Leptosia%20nina%20nina#seasonalAbundance

Psyche

Leptosia nina nina Fabricius, 1793

මනහාරි

Native

egg

බිත්තරය

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

Distribution

Seasonal Abundance