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Sri Lankan Rose

Pachliopta jophon (Gray, [1853])

ශ්‍රී ලංකා සෙව්වන්දියා

Endemic

Papilionoidea > Papilionidae > Papilioninae > Troidini

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

Jayasinghe, H. (2026). Adult stage of Pachliopta jophon (Gray, [1853]). 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/Pachliopta%20jophon#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළවෙනි 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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3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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Final instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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Final instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. (2026). Early stages of Pachliopta jophon (Gray, [1853]). 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/Pachliopta%20jophon#child

Ref.: van der Poorten & van der poorten, 2011 b

Thottea siliquosa

Anonymous (2026). Larval food plants of Pachliopta jophon (Gray, [1853]). 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/Pachliopta%20jophon#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2026). Distribution map of Pachliopta jophon (Gray, [1853]). 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/Pachliopta%20jophon#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2026). Seasonal abundance of Pachliopta jophon (Gray, [1853]). 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/Pachliopta%20jophon#seasonalAbundance

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