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Common Shot Silverline (Ceylon Silverline)

Spindasis ictis ceylonica R. Felder, 1868

දිදුල රිදී-නීලයා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Theclinae > Aphnaeini

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dry season form

වියළි කාලයුරුව

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dry season form

වියළි කාලයුරුව

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dry season form

වියළි කාලයුරුව

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wet season form

තෙත් කාලයුරුව

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wet season form

තෙත් කාලයුරුව

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wet season form

තෙත් කාලයුරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

dry season form

වියළි කාලයුරුව

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male (wet season form)

පිරිමි (තෙත් කාලයුරුව)

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male (wet season form)

පිරිමි (තෙත් කාලයුරුව)

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female (wet season form)

ගැහැණු (තෙත් කාලයුරුව)

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female (dry season form)

ගැහැණු (වියළි කාලයුරුව)

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Adult stage of Spindasis ictis ceylonica R. Felder, 1868. 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/Spindasis%20ictis%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

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Early stages of Spindasis ictis ceylonica R. Felder, 1868. 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/Spindasis%20ictis%20ceylonica#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Acacia eburnea

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Senna auriculata

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Senna surattensis

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Spindasis ictis ceylonica R. Felder, 1868. 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/Spindasis%20ictis%20ceylonica#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Spindasis ictis ceylonica R. Felder, 1868. 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/Spindasis%20ictis%20ceylonica#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Spindasis ictis ceylonica R. Felder, 1868. 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/Spindasis%20ictis%20ceylonica#seasonalAbundance

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