SLButterflies

Pea Blue

Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)

සු‍රැසියා

Native

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini

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male

පිරිමි

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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

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laying eggs

බිත්තර දැමීම

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Adult stage of Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767). 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/Lampides%20boeticus#adult

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eggs

බිත්තර

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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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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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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

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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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Early stages of Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767). 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/Lampides%20boeticus#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Cajanus trinervius

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

Cajanus cajan

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Crotalaria incana

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Crotalaria laburnifolia

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Crotalaria micans

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Crotalaria pallida

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Crotalaria verrucosa

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Crotalaria trichotoma

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Mundulea sericea

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Ulex europaeus

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

Vigna radiata

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

Vigna unguiculata

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

Vigna mungo

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

Pisum sativum

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767). 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/Lampides%20boeticus#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767). 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/Lampides%20boeticus#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767). 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/Lampides%20boeticus#seasonalAbundance

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