SLButterflies

Nawab

Charaxes athamas athamas (Drury, [1773])

පීත වසුරිසියා

Native

Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Charaxinae > Charaxini

© Sarath Rajapakshe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

© Himesh Jayasinghe

feeding on fecal matter

කුරුළු බෙටි මත යැපීම

© Himesh Jayasinghe

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Adult stage of Charaxes athamas athamas (Drury, [1773]). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. https://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Charaxes%20athamas%20athamas#adult

© Sarath Rajapakshe

egg

බිත්තරය

© Himesh Jayasinghe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

1st instar

පළමු අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

2nd instar

දෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

3rd instar

තෙවන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Sarath Rajapakshe

4th instar

සිව්වන අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

5th instar

අවසන් අන්තරුව

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Himesh Jayasinghe

pupa

පිළවා

© Sarath Rajapakshe

pupa

පිළවා

Rajapakshe, S. & H. Jayasinghe (2025). Early stages of Charaxes athamas athamas (Drury, [1773]). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. https://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Charaxes%20athamas%20athamas#child

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Acacia caesia

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Acacia pennata

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

Albizia lebbeck

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

Caesalpinia bonduc

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

Falcataria moluccana

Ref.: Jayasinghe et. al., 2014

Ventilago madraspatana

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

Delonix regia

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

Caesalpinia sappan

Anonymous (2025). Larval food plants of Charaxes athamas athamas (Drury, [1773]). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. https://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Charaxes%20athamas%20athamas#plant

Distribution

Anonymous (2025). Distribution map of Charaxes athamas athamas (Drury, [1773]). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. https://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Charaxes%20athamas%20athamas#distributionMap

Seasonal Abundance

Anonymous (2025). Seasonal abundance of Charaxes athamas athamas (Drury, [1773]). In Jayasinghe, H., S. Rajapakshe & C. de Alwis (eds.). The story of Sri Lankan Butterflies, v. 2.0. Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. https://slbutterflies.lk/explore/butterfly/Charaxes%20athamas%20athamas#seasonalAbundance

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