SLButterflies

Common Small Flat

Sarangesa dasahara albicilia Moore, [1881]

තුඩුනැමියා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Pyrginae > Celaenorrhinini

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Sarath Rajapakshe

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Adult stage of Sarangesa dasahara albicilia Moore, [1881]. 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/Sarangesa%20dasahara%20albicilia#adult

© Sarath Rajapakshe

egg

බිත්තරය

© Sarath Rajapakshe

egg

බිත්තරය

© Himesh Jayasinghe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th Instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th Instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

5th Instar - before pupation

අවසන් අන්තරුව - පිළාගත වීමට පෙර

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa at its later days

සුහුඹුලෙකු ලෙස පිටතට පැමිණීමට ආසන්න පිළවෙක්

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa at its later days

සුහුඹුලෙකු ලෙස පිටතට පැමිණීමට ආසන්න පිළවෙක්

© Himesh Jayasinghe

leaf shelter of the 2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුවේ නිවස්නය

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Early stages of Sarangesa dasahara albicilia Moore, [1881]. 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/Sarangesa%20dasahara%20albicilia#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Lepidagathis fasciculata

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Lepidagathis walkeriana

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Sarangesa dasahara albicilia Moore, [1881]. 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/Sarangesa%20dasahara%20albicilia#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Sarangesa dasahara albicilia Moore, [1881]. 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/Sarangesa%20dasahara%20albicilia#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Sarangesa dasahara albicilia Moore, [1881]. 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/Sarangesa%20dasahara%20albicilia#seasonalAbundance

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