SLButterflies

Yamfly

Loxura atymnus arcuata Moore, [1881]

රඹවන් සේලයා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Theclinae > Loxurini

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Adult stage of Loxura atymnus arcuata Moore, [1881]. 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/Loxura%20atymnus%20arcuata#adult

© Sarath Rajapakshe

egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th and 3rd instar

සිව්වන හා තෙවැනි අන්තරු

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

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4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන 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 Loxura atymnus arcuata Moore, [1881]. 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/Loxura%20atymnus%20arcuata#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Dioscorea alata

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

Dioscorea pentaphylla

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Smilax perfoliata

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Smilax zeylanica

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Loxura atymnus arcuata Moore, [1881]. 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/Loxura%20atymnus%20arcuata#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Loxura atymnus arcuata Moore, [1881]. 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/Loxura%20atymnus%20arcuata#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Loxura atymnus arcuata Moore, [1881]. 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/Loxura%20atymnus%20arcuata#seasonalAbundance

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