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Spot Swordtail

Graphium nomius nomius (Esper, 1785)

තිත් ජවසැරියා

Native

Papilionoidea > Papilionidae > Papilioninae > Leptocircini

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Adult stage of Graphium nomius nomius (Esper, 1785). 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/Graphium%20nomius%20nomius#adult

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Early stages of Graphium nomius nomius (Esper, 1785). 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/Graphium%20nomius%20nomius#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Miliusa tomentosa

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Graphium nomius nomius (Esper, 1785). 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/Graphium%20nomius%20nomius#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Graphium nomius nomius (Esper, 1785). 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/Graphium%20nomius%20nomius#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Graphium nomius nomius (Esper, 1785). 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/Graphium%20nomius%20nomius#seasonalAbundance

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