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Club Beak

Libythea myrrha rama Moore, 1872

දඬු හොඹුවා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Libytheinae

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Adult stage of Libythea myrrha rama Moore, 1872. 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/Libythea%20myrrha%20rama#adult

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

Rajapakshe, S. (2025). Early stages of Libythea myrrha rama Moore, 1872. 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/Libythea%20myrrha%20rama#child

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

Celtis philippensis

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Celtis timorensis

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Libythea myrrha rama Moore, 1872. 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/Libythea%20myrrha%20rama#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Libythea myrrha rama Moore, 1872. 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/Libythea%20myrrha%20rama#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Libythea myrrha rama Moore, 1872. 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/Libythea%20myrrha%20rama#seasonalAbundance

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