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Small Branded Swift

Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798)

හීන් තුරිතයා

Native

Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Hesperiinae > Baorini

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female

ගැහැණු

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798). 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%20mathias%20mathias#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

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2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798). 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%20mathias%20mathias#child

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

Panicum maximum

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798). 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%20mathias%20mathias#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798). 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%20mathias%20mathias#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798). 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%20mathias%20mathias#seasonalAbundance

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