SLButterflies

Dioscorea alata L.

Family: Dioscoreaceae

අඟිලි අල, දන්ඩිල, ගෙරි අල, ඉනි අල, හිඟුරල, ජඹුරල, කහට අල, කහට අඟල, කහට කඩොල්, කඳල, කිරි අල, කිරි කඩොල්, රජ අල, රට අල, රතු අල, වැල් අල

Introduced

Larval Food Plant
Butterflies

stem

female flower

Jayasinghe, H. (2026). Dioscorea alata L. 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/foodplant/Dioscorea%20alata#plant

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Anonymous (2026). Butterfly larvae feeding on Dioscorea alata L. 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/foodplant/Dioscorea%20alata#butterflies

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