SLButterflies

Smallest Swift

Parnara bada bada (Moore, 1878)

ටිකිරි සැරියා

Native

Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Hesperiinae > Baorini

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Adult stage of Parnara bada bada (Moore, 1878). 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/Parnara%20bada%20bada#adult

© Sarath Rajapakshe

eggs

බිත්තරය

© Himesh Jayasinghe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar at its later days

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

leaf shelter of the pupa

පිළවාගේ නිවස්නය

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar, just after moulting

සිව්වන අන්තරුව - - හැව ඇරීමෙන් මොහොතකට පසු

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th Instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th Instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th Instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Early stages of Parnara bada bada (Moore, 1878). 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/Parnara%20bada%20bada#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Oryza sativa

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

Panicum maximum

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

Echinochloa crus-galli

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Parnara bada bada (Moore, 1878). 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/Parnara%20bada%20bada#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Parnara bada bada (Moore, 1878). 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/Parnara%20bada%20bada#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Parnara bada bada (Moore, 1878). 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/Parnara%20bada%20bada#seasonalAbundance

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