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Dark Palm Dart

Telicota bambusae lanka Evans, 1932

තදපැහැ පඳුරු-සැරියා

Endemic subspecies

Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Hesperiinae > Taractrocerini

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male

පිරිමි

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male

පිරිමි

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female

ගැහැණු

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Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Adult stage of Telicota bambusae lanka 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/Telicota%20bambusae%20lanka#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

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2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

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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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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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pupae of parasites on a dead larva

පරපෝෂී ආසාදනයක්

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

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leaf shelter of the pupa

පිළවාගේ නිවස්නය

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Telicota bambusae lanka 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/Telicota%20bambusae%20lanka#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Bambusa multiplex

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Bambusa tuldoides

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Bambusa vulgaris

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Dendrocalamus giganteus

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Ochlandra stridula

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

Bambusa bambos

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Telicota bambusae lanka 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/Telicota%20bambusae%20lanka#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Telicota bambusae lanka 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/Telicota%20bambusae%20lanka#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Telicota bambusae lanka 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/Telicota%20bambusae%20lanka#seasonalAbundance

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