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Pale Palm Dart

Telicota colon kala Evans, 1934

සුදුමැලි පඳුරු-සැරියා

Native

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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female

ගැහැණු

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Telicota colon kala Evans, 1934. 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%20colon%20kala#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

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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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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

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Telicota colon kala Evans, 1934. 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%20colon%20kala#child

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Telicota colon kala Evans, 1934. 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%20colon%20kala#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Telicota colon kala Evans, 1934. 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%20colon%20kala#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Telicota colon kala Evans, 1934. 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%20colon%20kala#seasonalAbundance

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