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Pieridae

Leptosia nina nina

Psyche

Delias eucharis

Jezebel

Prioneris sita

Painted Sawtooth

Belenois aurota taprobana

Pioneer

Cepora nerissa phryne

Common Gull

Cepora nadina cingala

Lesser Gull

Appias indra narendra

Plain Puffin

Appias libythea libythea

Striped Albatross

Appias lyncida taprobana

Chocolate Albatross

Appias albina swinhoei

Common Albatross

Appias galene

Sri Lankan Lesser Albatross

Ixias marianne

White Orange Tip

Ixias pyrene cingalensis

Yellow Orange Tip

Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica

Great Orange Tip

Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica

Dark Wanderer

Colotis amata modesta

Small Salmon Arab

Colotis fausta fulvia

Large Salmon Arab

Colotis danae danae

Crimson Tip

Colotis aurora

Plain Orange Tip

Colotis etrida limbata

Little Orange Tip

Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe

Mottled Emigrant

Catopsilia pomona

Lemon Emigrant

Catopsilia scylla

Orange Migrant

Eurema brigitta rubella

Small Grass Yellow

Eurema laeta rama

Spotless Grass Yellow

Eurema hecabe hecabe

Common Grass Yellow

Eurema blanda citrina

Three-Spot Grass Yellow

Eurema ormistoni

Sri Lankan One-Spot Grass Yellow

Anonymous (2025). Pieridae butterflies in Sri Lanka. 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/families/Pieridae

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