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This is a list of the butterflies of family Lycaenidae , or the "blues", which are found in Sri Lanka . It is part of the List of the butterflies of Sri Lanka
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Hampson's hedge blue | Acytolepis lilacea | Acytolepis lilacea moorei | |
Common hedge blue | Acytolepis puspa | Acytolepis puspa felderi |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Pointed ciliate blue | Anthene lycaenina | Anthene lycaenina lycaenina |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Bright babul blue | Azanus ubaldus | ||
African babul blue | Azanus jesous | Azanus jesous gamra |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Angled Pierrot | Caleta caleta |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Common Pierrot | Castalius rosimon |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Forget-me-not | Catochrysops strabo | ||
Silver forget-me-not | Catochrysops panormus | Catochrysops panormus panormus |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Plain hedge blue | Celastrina lavendularis | Celastrina lavendularis lavendularis |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status | |
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Lime blue | Chilades lajus | Chilades lajus lajus | ||
Small Cupid | Chilades parrhasius | Chilades parrhasius nila |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Indian Cupid | Cupido lacturnus |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Banded blue Pierrot | Discolampa ethion | Discolampa ethion ethion |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Gram blue | Euchrysops cnejus | Euchrysops cnejus cnejus |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Grass jewel | Freyeria trochylus |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Pointed lineblue | Ionolyce helicon | Ionolyce helicon viola |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Dark cerulean | Jamides bochus | Jamides bochus bochus | |
Ceylon cerulean | Jamides coruscans | Endemic | |
Common cerulean | Jamides celeno | Jamides celeno tissama | |
Metallic cerulean | Jamides alecto | Jamides alecto meilichius |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Pea blue | Lampides boeticus | ||
Milky cerulean | Lampides lacteata |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Plains Cupid | Luthrodes pandava | Luthrodes pandava lanka |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Malayan | Megisba malaya | Megisba Malaya thwaitesi |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Large four lineblue | Nacaduba pactolus | Nacaduba pactolus ceylonica | |
Pale four lineblue | Nacaduba hermus | Nacaduba hermus sidoma | |
Woodhouse's four lineblue | Nacaduba ollyetti | Endemic | |
Transparent six lineblue | Nacaduba kurava | Nacaduba kurava prominens | |
Opaque six lineblue | Nacaduba beroe | Nacaduba beroe minima | |
Dark Ceylon lineblue | Nacaduba calauria | Nacaduba calauria toxopeusi | |
Pale Ceylon lineblue | Nacaduba sinhala | Endemic | |
Rounded lineblue | Nacaduba berenice | Nacaduba Berenice ormistoni |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Quaker | Neopithecops zalmora |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Dingy lineblue | Petrelaea dana |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Common lineblue | Prosotas nora | Prosotas nora ardates | |
Tailless lineblue | Prosotas dubiosa | Prosotas dubiosa indica | |
White-tipped lineblue | Prosotas noreia |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Zebra blue | Leptotes plinius |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Red Pierrot | Talicada nyseus | Talicada nyseus nyseus |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Striped Pierrot | Tarucus nara | ||
Butler's spotted Pierrot | Tarucus callinara |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
White hedge blue | Udara akasa | Udara akasa mavisa | |
Ceylon hedge blue | Udara lanka | Endemic | |
Singalese hedge blue | Udara singalensis | Endemic |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Dark grass blue | Zizeeria karsandra |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Lesser grass blue | Zizina otis | Zizina Otis decreta |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Indian sunbeam | Curetis thetis |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Apefly | Spalgis epeus | Spalgis epeus epeus |
Variously placed in Spindasis and Aphnaeus
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Common silverline | Cigaritis vulcanus | Cigaritis vulcanus fusca | |
Plumbeous silverline | Cigaritis schistacea | ||
Green's silverline | Cigaritis greeni | Endemic | |
Clouded silverline | Cigaritis nubilus | Endemic | |
Ceylon silverline | Cigaritis ictis | Cigaritis ictis ceylanica | |
Scarce shot silverline | Cigaritis elima | Cigaritis elima fairliei | |
Long-banded silverline | Cigaritis lohita | Cigaritis lohita lazularia |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Purple leaf blue | Amblypodia anita | Amblypodia anita naradoides |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Centaur oakblue | Arhopala centaurus | Arhopala centaurus pirama | |
Large oakblue | Arhopala amantes | Arhopala amantes amantes | |
Ormiston's oakblue | Arhopala ormistoni | ||
Aberrant oakblue | Arhopala abseus | Arhopala abseus mackwoodi | |
Tamil oakblue | Arhopala bazaloides | Arhopala bazaloides lanka |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Plane | Bindahara phocides | Bindahara phocides moorei |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Common tinsel | Catapaecilma major | Catapaecilma major myositina |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Common imperial | Cheritra freja | Cheritra freja pseudojaffra |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Cornelian | Deudorix epijarbas | Deudorix epijarbas epijarbus |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Common onyx | Horaga onyx | Horaga onyx cingalensis | |
Brown onyx | Horaga albimacula | Horaga albimacula viola |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Nilgiri tit | Hypolycaena nilgirica |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Silver streak blue | Iraota timoleon | Iraota timoleon nicevillei |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Yamfly | Loxura atymnus | Loxura atymnus arcuata |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Southern royal | Pratapa deva | Pratapa deva deva |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Monkey-puzzle | Rathinda amor |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Malabar flash | Rapala lankana | ||
Indigo flash | Rapala varuna | Rapala varuna lazulina | |
Slate flash | Rapala manea | Rapala manea schistacea | |
Indian red flash | Rapala iarbus | Rapala airbus sorya |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Common acacia blue | Surendra vivarna | Surendra vivarna discalis |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Plains blue royal | Tajuria jehana | Tajuria jehana ceylonica | |
Ceylon indigo royal | Tajuria arida | Endemic | |
Peacock royal | Tajuria cippus | Tajuria cippus longinus |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Common guava blue | Virachola isocrates | Virachola isocrates isocrates | |
Large guava blue | Virachola perse | Virachola perse ghela |
Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Redspot | Zesius chrysomallus |
Miletinae is a subfamily of the family Lycaenidae of butterflies, commonly called harvesters and woolly legs, and virtually unique among butterflies in having predatory larvae. Miletinae are entirely aphytophagous. The ecology of the Miletinae is little understood, but adults and larvae live in association with ants, and most known species feed on Hemiptera, though some, like Liphyra, feed on the ants themselves. The butterflies, ants, and hemipterans, in some cases, seem to have complex symbiotic relationships benefiting all.
Sri Lanka is home to 245 species of butterflies with 23 of these being endemic to the island. Of the 245 species, 76, are listed as threatened nationally, while Ceylon Rose is designated as critically endangered.
Tajuria culta, also called the black-branded royal, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.
Tajuria deudorix is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm
Tajuria megistia, the black royal is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.
Tajuria ogyges is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.
Theclopsis murex is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1907. It is found in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro.
Theclopsis lydus is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Surinam, French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Theclopsis leos is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Theclopsis demea is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nicaragua and Panama.
Theclopsis epidius is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Panama and Colombia.
Theclopsis gargara is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Brazil (Pará), Colombia,and Panama.
Theclopsis mycon is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia and Amazonas.
Theorema eumenia is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia.
Theorema sapho is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Colombia.
Thepytus thyrea is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in French Guiana, Panama and Brazil (Amazonas).