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African Babul Blue

Azanus jesous gamra Lederer, 1855

සුලබ බාබුල්-නීලයා

Native

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini

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male

පිරිමි

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female

ගැහැණු

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mating pair (female on right)

රමණයේ යෙදෙන ජෝඩුවක් (ගැහැණු සතා දකුණේ)

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Azanus jesous gamra Lederer, 1855. 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://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Azanus%20jesous%20gamra#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු 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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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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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Azanus jesous gamra Lederer, 1855. 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://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Azanus%20jesous%20gamra#child

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

Acacia nilotica

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Dichrostachys cinerea

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Azanus jesous gamra Lederer, 1855. 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://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Azanus%20jesous%20gamra#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Azanus jesous gamra Lederer, 1855. 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://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Azanus%20jesous%20gamra#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Azanus jesous gamra Lederer, 1855. 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://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Azanus%20jesous%20gamra#seasonalAbundance

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