Biology:List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Pieridae)

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This is a list of the butterflies of family Pieridae, or the "whites", which are found in Sri Lanka. It is part of the List of butterflies of Sri Lanka.

Subfamily Pierinae, whites

Genus Cepora, gulls

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
Common gull

Common gull (Cepora nerissa evagete) male.jpg Common Gull Cepora nerissa Female UN by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN3569 (16).jpg

Cepora nerissa Cepora nerissa evagete Least concern
Lesser gull

Huphina nadina.png Lesser gull WIKI.JPG

Cepora nadina Cepora nadina cingala Least concern

Genus Delias, Jezebels

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
Common Jezebel

Common Jezebel (Delias eucharis) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9799.jpg Common Jezebel Delias eucharis by kadavoor 3.jpg

Delias eucharis Least concern

Genus Prioneris, sawtooths

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
Painted sawtooth

Prioneris sita Felder & Felder, 1865 – Painted Sawtooth at Kannavam RF (2).jpg

Prioneris sita Least concern

Genus Appias, puffins and albatrosses

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
Common albatross

CatophagaSwinhoei 556.png

Appias albina Appias albina venusta Least concern
Sri Lankan Lesser Albatross Appias galene Endemic
Plain puffin

Appias indra - Plain Puffin 07.jpg

Appias indra Appias indra narendra Least concern
Western striped albatross

Striped Albatross ( ধুলকাপাস).JPG Striped Albatross.jpg

Appias libythea Appias libythea libythea Least concern
Chocolate albatross

Appias hippoides 540.png

Appias lyncida Appias lyncida taprobana Least concern
Ceylon lesser albatross

Appias paulina ega.jpg Appias paulina.JPG

Appias paulina Appias paulina galene Least concern

Genus Leptosia, Psyche

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
Psyche

പൊട്ടുവെള്ളാട്ടി.jpg Leptosia nina-Kadavoor-2017-05-04-003.jpg

Leptosia nina Leptosia nina nina Least concern

Genus Ixias, Indian orange tips

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
White orange tip

White Orange Tip Ixias marianne Male by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN2082 (8).jpg White orange tip gandhinagar.jpg

Ixias marianne Least concern
Yellow orange tip

Yellow Orange Tip Ixias pyrene Male UP by Dr. Raju Kasambe (3).jpg Yellow Orange Tip Ixias pyrene Male UN by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN3725 (4).jpg

Ixias pyrene Ixias pyrene cingalensis Least concern

Genus Hebomoia, great orange tip

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
Great orange-tip

Nymphalidae - Hebomoia glaucippe.jpg Great Orange Tip Hebomoia glaucippe Nectaring by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN2231.jpg

Hebomoia glaucippe Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica Least concern

Genus Colotis, Arabs

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
Small salmon Arab

Small Salmon Arab Colotis amata UP by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN1070 (19).jpg Small Salmon Arab Colotis amata UN by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN1084 (7).jpg

Colotis amata Colotis amata modesta Least concern
Large salmon Arab

Large salmon arab male (7).jpg Colotis fausta - Large Salmon Arab butterfly 02.jpg

Colotis fausta Colotis fausta fulva Least concern
Small orange-tip

Small Orange Tip (Colotis etrida) Upperside. Yavatmal, Maharashtra..jpg Small Orange-Tip (Colotis etrida) on unided plant W IMG 0550.jpg

Colotis etrida Colotis etrida limbatus Least concern
Crimson-tip

Flora and Fauna Savandurga Karnataka (5).jpg Crimson tip male.JPG

Colotis danae Colotis danae danae Least concern
Plain orange-tip

Colotis aurora evarne m.JPG Plain Orange-Tip, Colotis eucharis W IMG 9378.jpg

Colotis aurora Least concern

Genus Pareronia, wanderers

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
Dark wanderer

PareroniaCeylanicaFitch.png

Pareronia ceylanica Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica Least concern

Subfamily Coliadinae, yellows

Genus Catopsilia, emigrants

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
Lemon emigrant

Common emigrant new.png Common Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona) W IMG 9386.jpg Common emigrant (Catopsilia pomona pomona) female underside.jpg

Catopsilia pomona Pachliopta aristolochiae ceylanica Least concern
Mottled emigrant

Mottled Emigrant Catopsilia pyranthe UP Tamil Nadu by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN4994 (8).jpg Catopsilia pyranthe male, Burdwan, West Bengal, India 14 09 2012.jpg Mottled emigrant (Catopsilia pyranthe) female underside.jpg

Catopsilia pyranthe Catopsilia pyranthe minna Least concern
Orange emigrant

Catopsilia scylla etesia.jpg Orange Emigrant butterfly.jpg

Catopsilia scylla Least concern

Genus Eurema, grass yellows

Name Binomial Subspecies Status
Small grass yellow

Small Grass Yellow (Eurema brigitta) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0313.jpg Eurema brigitta Stoll, 1780 – Small Grass Yellow at Theni (3).jpg

Eurema brigitta Eurema brigitta rubella Least concern
Spotless grass yellow

Spotless Grass Yellow (Eurema laeta). Thane, Maharashtra..jpg Spotless Grass Yellow (Eurema laeta) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0553.jpg

Eurema laeta Eurema laeta laeta Least concern
Common grass yellow

Eurema hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 – Common Grass Yellow.jpg Common Grass Yellow- WB.jpg

Eurema hecabe Eurema hecabe simulata Least concern
Three-spot grass yellow

Eurema blanda laying eggs by kadavoor.JPG Three-spot Grass Yellow. Eurema blanda. Pieridae. - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg

Eurema blanda Eurema blanda silhetana Least concern
One-spot grass yellow

Close wing position of Eurema andersonii Moore, 1886 – One-spot Grass YellowWLB DSC 0056 (2).jpg

Eurema andersonii Eurema andersonii ormistoni Least concern

References

  • Bernard d'Abrera (1986) Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part 1: Papilionidae, Pieridae and Danaidae Hill House Publishers ISBN:0-9593639-0-4
  • D'Abrera, B.L. (1998) The Butterflies of Ceylon. Hill House: Melbourne; London. 224 pp. ISBN:0-947352-35-X