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Lime Blue

Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, 1780)

පැඟිරි මලවියා

Native

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini

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© Nimalka Sanjeewani

dry season form

වියළි කාලයුරුව

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male

පිරිමි

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male

පිරිමි

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female

ගැහැණු

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female

ගැහැණු

Jayasinghe, H. & N. Sanjeewani (2025). Adult stage of Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, 1780). 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/Chilades%20lajus%20lajus#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

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1st & 2nd instar

පළමු හා දෙවන අන්තරු

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1st & 2nd instar

පළමු හා දෙවන අන්තරු

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

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4th instar

සිව්වන 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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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupae

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, 1780). 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/Chilades%20lajus%20lajus#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Atalantia ceylanica

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Atalantia monophylla

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Citrus aurantiifolia

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Citrus sinensis

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Limonia acidissima

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, 1780). 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/Chilades%20lajus%20lajus#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, 1780). 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/Chilades%20lajus%20lajus#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, 1780). 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/Chilades%20lajus%20lajus#seasonalAbundance

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