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Large Four Lineblue

Nacaduba pactolus ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1916

මහ සිව් ඉරි-නීලයා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini

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white tipped antennae

ස්පර්ශකයේ සුදු පැහැ අගිස

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male

පිරිමි

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female

ගැහැණු

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Nacaduba pactolus ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1916. 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%20pactolus%20ceylonica#adult

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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

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Nacaduba pactolus ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1916. 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%20pactolus%20ceylonica#child

Ref.: Priyadarshana et. al., 2015

Entada rheedii

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Nacaduba pactolus ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1916. 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%20pactolus%20ceylonica#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Nacaduba pactolus ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1916. 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%20pactolus%20ceylonica#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Nacaduba pactolus ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1916. 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%20pactolus%20ceylonica#seasonalAbundance

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