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Gladeye Bushbrown

Mycalesis patnia patnia Moore, 1857

ලාලිත පඳුරු-ගුරුවා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Satyrinae > Satyrini

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Adult stage of Mycalesis patnia patnia Moore, 1857. 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/Mycalesis%20patnia%20patnia#adult

© Himesh Jayasinghe

egg

බිත්තරය

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Early stages of Mycalesis patnia patnia Moore, 1857. 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/Mycalesis%20patnia%20patnia#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Cyrtococcum trigonum

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Isachne globosa

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Mycalesis patnia patnia Moore, 1857. 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/Mycalesis%20patnia%20patnia#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Mycalesis patnia patnia Moore, 1857. 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/Mycalesis%20patnia%20patnia#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Mycalesis patnia patnia Moore, 1857. 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/Mycalesis%20patnia%20patnia#seasonalAbundance

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