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Nacaduba calauria evansi Toxopeus, 1927

අඳුරු සය ඉරි-නීලයා

Native

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

male

පිරිමි

© Sarath Rajapakshe

male

පිරිමි

© Himesh Jayasinghe

male

පිරිමි

© Sarath Rajapakshe

female

ගැහැණු

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Adult stage of Nacaduba calauria evansi Toxopeus, 1927. 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/Nacaduba%20calauria%20evansi#adult

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar together with 4th instar on left and Tamil Oakblue on right

සිව්වන අන්තරුව (වමේ), දෙවන අන්තරුව (මැද), කැළෑ ගස්-නීලයා (දකුණේ)

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

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

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Nacaduba calauria evansi Toxopeus, 1927. 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/Nacaduba%20calauria%20evansi#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Vateria copallifera

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Nacaduba calauria evansi Toxopeus, 1927. 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/Nacaduba%20calauria%20evansi#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Nacaduba calauria evansi Toxopeus, 1927. 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/Nacaduba%20calauria%20evansi#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Nacaduba calauria evansi Toxopeus, 1927. 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/Nacaduba%20calauria%20evansi#seasonalAbundance

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