SLButterflies

Gram Blue

Euchrysops cnejus cnejus (Fabricius, 1798)

රනිල-රිසියා

Native

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini

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© Sarath Rajapakshe

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male

පිරිමි

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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 Euchrysops cnejus cnejus (Fabricius, 1798). 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/Euchrysops%20cnejus%20cnejus#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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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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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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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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ant

කූඹියා

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Euchrysops cnejus cnejus (Fabricius, 1798). 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/Euchrysops%20cnejus%20cnejus#child

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

Abrus precatorius

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Macroptilium lathyroides

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Pueraria phaseoloides

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Vigna marina

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

Vigna radiata

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Vigna trilobata

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Vigna unguiculata

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

Canavalia rosea

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

Vigna mungo

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Euchrysops cnejus cnejus (Fabricius, 1798). 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/Euchrysops%20cnejus%20cnejus#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Euchrysops cnejus cnejus (Fabricius, 1798). 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/Euchrysops%20cnejus%20cnejus#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Euchrysops cnejus cnejus (Fabricius, 1798). 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/Euchrysops%20cnejus%20cnejus#seasonalAbundance

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