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.
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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.
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common gull | Cepora nerissa | Cepora nerissa evagete | Least concern |
| Lesser gull | Cepora nadina | Cepora nadina cingala | Least concern |
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Jezebel | Delias eucharis | Least concern |
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painted sawtooth | Prioneris sita | Least concern |
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common albatross | Appias albina | Appias albina venusta | Least concern |
| Sri Lankan Lesser Albatross | Appias galene | Endemic | |
| Plain puffin | Appias indra | Appias indra narendra | Least concern |
| Western striped albatross | Appias libythea | Appias libythea libythea | Least concern |
| Chocolate albatross | Appias lyncida | Appias lyncida taprobana | Least concern |
| Ceylon lesser albatross | Appias paulina | Appias paulina galene | Least concern |
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psyche | Leptosia nina | Leptosia nina nina | Least concern |
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| White orange tip | Ixias marianne | Least concern | |
| Yellow orange tip | Ixias pyrene | Ixias pyrene cingalensis | Least concern |
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great orange-tip | Hebomoia glaucippe | Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica | Least concern |
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small salmon Arab | Colotis amata | Colotis amata modesta | Least concern |
| Large salmon Arab | Colotis fausta | Colotis fausta fulva | Least concern |
| Small orange-tip | Colotis etrida | Colotis etrida limbatus | Least concern |
| Crimson-tip | Colotis danae | Colotis danae danae | Least concern |
| Plain orange-tip | Colotis aurora | Least concern |
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark wanderer | Pareronia ceylanica | Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica | Least concern |
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon emigrant | Catopsilia pomona | Pachliopta aristolochiae ceylanica | Least concern |
| Mottled emigrant | Catopsilia pyranthe | Catopsilia pyranthe minna | Least concern |
| Orange emigrant | Catopsilia scylla | Least concern |
| Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small grass yellow | Eurema brigitta | Eurema brigitta rubella | Least concern |
| Spotless grass yellow | Eurema laeta | Eurema laeta laeta | Least concern |
| Common grass yellow | Eurema hecabe | Eurema hecabe simulata | Least concern |
| Three-spot grass yellow | Eurema blanda | Eurema blanda silhetana | Least concern |
| One-spot grass yellow | Eurema andersonii | Eurema andersonii ormistoni | Least concern |
Euchloe lucilla, the lemon white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites. The butterfly is found in India.
Aporia leucodice, the Himalayan blackvein, is a mid-sized to large butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India.
Appias panda, the Nicobar albatross, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in the Nicobar Islands of India.
Colias thrasibulus, the lemon clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. It is found in India.
Colias eogene, the fiery clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India.
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.
Troides darsius, the Sri Lankan birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly found in Sri Lanka. It is the largest butterfly on the island and is also the national butterfly of Sri Lanka.
Bernard d'Abrera was an Australian entomological taxonomist and philosopher of science, particularly noted for his books on true butterflies (Papilionoidea) and larger moths of the world. Referred to as one of the world's best-known lepidopterists by The Daily Telegraph, his work since 1982 was openly critical of evolution.
Gonepteryx cleopatra, the Cleopatra or Cleopatra butterfly, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae.
Harish (Honnayya) S. Gaonkar is an Indian specialist on butterflies who contributed to the Zoological Museum at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark and wrote a 1996 compilation of butterflies of Western Ghats, South India cataloguing 330 species. Gaonkar was born in Karwar district, India. Gaonkar earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.
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.
Byasa hedistus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae (swallowtails) that is found in northern Vietnam and southern China.
Byasa laos, the Lao windmill, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae. The species was first described by Norman Denbigh Riley and Edward John Godfrey in 1921.
Mesapia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It contains only one species, Mesapia peloria, the Tibet blackvein, which is found in India, Nepal and China. It is a mid-sized to large species.
Protesilaus leucosilaus is a species of butterfly found in the Neotropical realm only in Amazonas, Brazil.
