List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Papilionidae)
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This is a list of the butterflies of family Papilionidae, or the "swallowtails", which are found in Sri Lanka. It is part of the List of the butterflies of Sri Lanka
Graphium (Graphium) - bluebottles and jays
[edit]Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Tailed jay | Graphium agamemnon | Graphium agamemnon menides | Least concern |
Common bluebottle | Graphium sarpedon | Graphium sarpedon menides
Graphium sarpedon teredon |
Least concern |
Common jay | Graphium doson | Graphium doson doson | Least concern |
Spot swordtail | Graphium nomius | Graphium nomius nomius | Least concern |
Fivebar swordtail | Graphium antiphates | Graphium antiphates ceylonicus | Least concern |
Papilio (Papilio) - swallowtails
[edit]Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Blue Mormon | Papilio polymnestor | Papilio polymnestor parinda | Least concern |
Common banded peacock | Papilio crino | Least concern | |
Red Helen | Papilio helenus | Papilio helenus mooreanus | Least concern |
Common Mormon | Papilio polytes | Papilio polytes romulus | Least concern |
Lime butterfly | Papilio demoleus | Papilio demoleus demoleus | Least concern |
Common mime | Papilio clytia | Papilio clytia lankeswara | Least concern |
Atrophaneura (Pachliopta) - roses
[edit]Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Common rose | Pachliopta aristolochiae | Pachliopta aristolochiae ceylanica | Least concern |
Crimson rose | Pachliopta hector | Least concern | |
Ceylon rose | Pachliopta jophon | Endemic | Critically endangered |
Troides - birdwings
[edit]Name | Binomial | Subspecies | Status |
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Sri Lankan birdwing | Troides darsius | Endemic | Near threatened |
References
[edit]- 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