SLButterflies

Conjoined Swift

Pelopidas conjuncta narooa Moore, 1878

ගුමන තුරිතයා

Native

Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Hesperiinae > Baorini

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

Rajapakshe, S. (2025). Adult stage of Pelopidas conjuncta narooa 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/Pelopidas%20conjuncta%20narooa#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

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

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

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa - about to emerge

සුහුඹුලෙකු ලෙස පිටතට පැමිණීමට ආසන්න පිළවෙක්

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Early stages of Pelopidas conjuncta narooa 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/Pelopidas%20conjuncta%20narooa#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Coix lacryma-jobi

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Panicum maximum

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Saccharum officinarum

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

Sorghum bicolor

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Pelopidas conjuncta narooa 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/Pelopidas%20conjuncta%20narooa#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Pelopidas conjuncta narooa 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/Pelopidas%20conjuncta%20narooa#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Pelopidas conjuncta narooa 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/Pelopidas%20conjuncta%20narooa#seasonalAbundance

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