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Water Snow Flat

Tagiades litigiosa ceylonica Evans, 1932

තදපැහැ තුහිනයා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Pyrginae > Tagiadini

© Sarath Rajapakshe

male

පිරිමි

© Himesh Jayasinghe

male

පිරිමි

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male

පිරිමි

© Himesh Jayasinghe

female

ගැහැණු

© Himesh Jayasinghe

female

ගැහැණු

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Adult stage of Tagiades litigiosa ceylonica Evans, 1932. 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/Tagiades%20litigiosa%20ceylonica#adult

© Sarath Rajapakshe

egg

බිත්තරය

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

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

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th Instar - before pupation

අවසන් අන්තරුව - පිළාගත වීමට පෙර

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa of a parasite made within the dead larva

පරපෝෂී ආසාදනයක්

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Early stages of Tagiades litigiosa ceylonica Evans, 1932. 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/Tagiades%20litigiosa%20ceylonica#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Dioscorea alata

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Dioscorea koyamae

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Dioscorea oppositifolia

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Dioscorea spicata

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Tagiades litigiosa ceylonica Evans, 1932. 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/Tagiades%20litigiosa%20ceylonica#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Tagiades litigiosa ceylonica Evans, 1932. 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/Tagiades%20litigiosa%20ceylonica#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Tagiades litigiosa ceylonica Evans, 1932. 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/Tagiades%20litigiosa%20ceylonica#seasonalAbundance

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