SLButterflies

Panicum maximum Jacq.

Family: Poaceae

ගිණි තණ, රට තණ, ගිනිකී‍රැස්ස

Introduced

Larval Food Plant
Butterflies

© Himesh Jayasinghe

inflorescence

© Himesh Jayasinghe

flowers

Jayasinghe, H. (2025). Panicum maximum Jacq. 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/Panicum%20maximum#plant

Melanitis leda leda

Common Evening Brown

Melanitis phedima tambra

Dark Evening Brown

Orsotriaena medus mandata

Medus Brown (Nigger)

Mycalesis subdita

Sri Lankan Tamil Bushbrown

Mycalesis mineus polydecta

Dark-Brand Bushbrown

Potanthus satra

Sri Lankan Dart (Tropic Dart)

Borbo cinnara

Wallace's Swift

Parnara bada bada

Smallest Swift

Pelopidas mathias mathias

Small Branded Swift

Pelopidas conjuncta narooa

Conjoined Swift

Anonymous (2025). Butterfly larvae feeding on Panicum maximum Jacq. 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/Panicum%20maximum#butterflies

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