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Dark Grass Blue

Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)

අඳුරු තෘණ-නීලයා

Native

Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini

© Himesh Jayasinghe

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female

ගැහැණු

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female

ගැහැණු

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female

ගැහැණු

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male

පිරිමි

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laying eggs

බිත්තර දැමීම

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mating pair

රමණයේ යෙදෙන ජෝඩුවක්

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Adult stage of Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865). 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/Zizeeria%20karsandra#adult

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egg

බිත්තරය

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1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

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2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

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

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන 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

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pupa

පිළවා

Jayasinghe, H. & S. Rajapakshe (2025). Early stages of Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865). 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/Zizeeria%20karsandra#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Amaranthus spinosus

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Amaranthus viridis

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Coldenia procumbens

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Glinus oppositifolius

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Sauropus bacciformis

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Tribulus terrestris

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

Mollugo cerviana

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865). 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/Zizeeria%20karsandra#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865). 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/Zizeeria%20karsandra#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865). 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/Zizeeria%20karsandra#seasonalAbundance

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