SLButterflies

Sri Lankan Birdwing

Troides darsius (Gray, [1853])

ශ්‍රී ලංකා සියොත්වැන්නා

Endemic

Papilionoidea > Papilionidae > Papilioninae > Troidini

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male

පිරිමි

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male

පිරිමි

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female

ගැහැණු

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Troides darsius (Gray, [1853]). 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/Troides%20darsius#adult

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Egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළවෙනි අන්තරුව

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1st instar

පළවෙනි 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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final instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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final instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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final instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

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pupa

පිළවා

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pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Early stages of Troides darsius (Gray, [1853]). 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/Troides%20darsius#child

Ref.: van der Poorten & van der poorten, 2011 b

Aristolochia indica

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Troides darsius (Gray, [1853]). 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/Troides%20darsius#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Troides darsius (Gray, [1853]). 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/Troides%20darsius#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Troides darsius (Gray, [1853]). 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/Troides%20darsius#seasonalAbundance

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