SLButterflies

male

පිරිමි

laying eggs

බිත්තර දැමීම

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Jamides alecto meilichius (Fruhstorfer, 1916). 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/Jamides%20alecto%20meilichius#adult

egg

බිත්තරය

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Early stages of Jamides alecto meilichius (Fruhstorfer, 1916). 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/Jamides%20alecto%20meilichius#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Alpinia galanga

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Alpinia calcarata

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Alpinia purpurata

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Alpinia zerumbet

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Amomum fulviceps

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Amomum trichostachyum

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Elettaria cardamomum

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Hedychium flavescens

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Zingiber cylindricum

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Zingiber wightianum

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Zingiber zerumbet

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Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Jamides alecto meilichius (Fruhstorfer, 1916). 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/Jamides%20alecto%20meilichius#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Jamides alecto meilichius (Fruhstorfer, 1916). 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/Jamides%20alecto%20meilichius#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Jamides alecto meilichius (Fruhstorfer, 1916). 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/Jamides%20alecto%20meilichius#seasonalAbundance

Metallic Cerulean

Jamides alecto meilichius (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

දිලි සෙරුලියා

Endemic subspecies

male

පිරිමි

laying eggs

බිත්තර දැමීම

egg

බිත්තරය

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

pupa

පිළවා

pupa

පිළවා

Distribution

Seasonal Abundance