SLButterflies

Common Palmfly

Elymnias hypermnestra fraterna Butler, 1871

සුලබ තාලරිසියා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Satyrinae > Elymniini

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male

පිරිමි

© Sarath Rajapakshe

male

පිරිමි

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female

ගැහැණු

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female

ගැහැණු

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female

ගැහැණු

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mating pair

රමණයේ යෙදෙන ජෝඩුවක්

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Adult stage of Elymnias hypermnestra fraterna Butler, 1871. 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/Elymnias%20hypermnestra%20fraterna#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

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

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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eating pattern

ආහාර ගන්නා රටාව

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Parasitoid infestation

පරපෝෂී ආසාදනයක්

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Early stages of Elymnias hypermnestra fraterna Butler, 1871. 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/Elymnias%20hypermnestra%20fraterna#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Areca catechu

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Borassus flabellifer

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Calamus rotang

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Calamus thwaitesii

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Caryota urens

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Dypsis lutescens

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Cocos nucifera

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Cyrtostachys renda

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Livistona chinensis

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Phoenix pusilla

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Rhapis excelsa

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Elymnias hypermnestra fraterna Butler, 1871. 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/Elymnias%20hypermnestra%20fraterna#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Elymnias hypermnestra fraterna Butler, 1871. 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/Elymnias%20hypermnestra%20fraterna#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Elymnias hypermnestra fraterna Butler, 1871. 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/Elymnias%20hypermnestra%20fraterna#seasonalAbundance

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