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Red Pierrot

Talicada nyseus nyseus (Guérin- Méneville, 1843)

රතු කෝනංගියා

Native

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

mating pair

රමණයේ යෙදෙන ජෝඩුවක්

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Adult stage of Talicada nyseus nyseus (Guérin- Méneville, 1843). 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/Talicada%20nyseus%20nyseus#adult

© Himesh Jayasinghe

egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© 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

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th & empty pupal case

අවසන් අන්තරුව සහ හිස් පිළා කවචය

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Talicada nyseus nyseus (Guérin- Méneville, 1843). 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/Talicada%20nyseus%20nyseus#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Bryophyllum pinnatum

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

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

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

Kalanchoe laciniata

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Talicada nyseus nyseus (Guérin- Méneville, 1843). 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/Talicada%20nyseus%20nyseus#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Talicada nyseus nyseus (Guérin- Méneville, 1843). 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/Talicada%20nyseus%20nyseus#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Talicada nyseus nyseus (Guérin- Méneville, 1843). 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/Talicada%20nyseus%20nyseus#seasonalAbundance

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