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Small Palm Bob (Ceylon Palm Bob)

Suastus minuta minuta (Moore, 1877)

හීන් තාලහරයා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Hesperiinae > Aeromachini

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laying eggs

බිත්තර දැමීම

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Suastus minuta minuta (Moore, 1877). 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/Suastus%20minuta%20minuta#adult

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newly laid egg

බිත්තරය

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egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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leaf shelter of the 1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුවේ නිවස්නය

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5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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leaf shelter of the 1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුවේ නිවස්නය

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2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

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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

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Suastus minuta minuta (Moore, 1877). 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/Suastus%20minuta%20minuta#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Calamus pseudotenuis

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Loxococcus rupicola

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

Calamus radiatus

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Suastus minuta minuta (Moore, 1877). 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/Suastus%20minuta%20minuta#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Suastus minuta minuta (Moore, 1877). 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/Suastus%20minuta%20minuta#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Suastus minuta minuta (Moore, 1877). 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/Suastus%20minuta%20minuta#seasonalAbundance

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