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Dark Wanderer

Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica C. & R. Felder, 1865

අයාලයා

Native

Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini

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male

පිරිමි

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male

පිරිමි

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male

පිරිමි

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female

ගැහැණු

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female

ගැහැණු

© Himesh Jayasinghe

female

ගැහැණු

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica C. & R. Felder, 1865. 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/Pareronia%20ceylanica%20ceylanica#adult

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pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica C. & R. Felder, 1865. 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/Pareronia%20ceylanica%20ceylanica#child

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

Capparis brevispina

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Capparis zeylanica

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica C. & R. Felder, 1865. 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/Pareronia%20ceylanica%20ceylanica#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica C. & R. Felder, 1865. 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/Pareronia%20ceylanica%20ceylanica#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica C. & R. Felder, 1865. 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/Pareronia%20ceylanica%20ceylanica#seasonalAbundance

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