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Cethosia nietneri nietneri C. & R. Felder, [1867]

රේන්ද-ත‍ටුවා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Heliconiinae > Acraeini

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female

ගැහැණු

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Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Cethosia nietneri nietneri C. & R. Felder, [1867]. 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/Cethosia%20nietneri%20nietneri#adult

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eggs

බිත්තර

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Cethosia nietneri nietneri C. & R. Felder, [1867]. 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/Cethosia%20nietneri%20nietneri#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Adenia hondala

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Cethosia nietneri nietneri C. & R. Felder, [1867]. 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/Cethosia%20nietneri%20nietneri#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Cethosia nietneri nietneri C. & R. Felder, [1867]. 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/Cethosia%20nietneri%20nietneri#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Cethosia nietneri nietneri C. & R. Felder, [1867]. 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/Cethosia%20nietneri%20nietneri#seasonalAbundance

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