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Zebra Blue

Leptotes plinius plinius (Fabricius, 1793)

දුඹු‍ටු-නීලයා

Native

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini

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male

පිරිමි

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female

ගැහැණු

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a courtship behavior

සුවැඳි හැසිරීම්

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Adult stage of Leptotes plinius plinius (Fabricius, 1793). 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/Leptotes%20plinius%20plinius#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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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

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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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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Early stages of Leptotes plinius plinius (Fabricius, 1793). 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/Leptotes%20plinius%20plinius#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Aeschynomene americana

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

Indigofera linnaei

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Indigofera tinctoria

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Plumbago auriculata

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Plumbago zeylanica

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Rhynchosia minima

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Leptotes plinius plinius (Fabricius, 1793). 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/Leptotes%20plinius%20plinius#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Leptotes plinius plinius (Fabricius, 1793). 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/Leptotes%20plinius%20plinius#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Leptotes plinius plinius (Fabricius, 1793). 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/Leptotes%20plinius%20plinius#seasonalAbundance

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