List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Hesperiidae)

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This is a list of the butterflies of family Hesperiidae which are found in Sri Lanka. It is part of List of the butterflies of Sri Lanka.

Branded-orange Awlet, Bibasis oedipodea (Swainson, 1820) ssp. ataphus)
Orange-tailed Awl, Bibasis sena (Moore, 1865) nominate
Common Banded Awl, Hasora chromus (Cramer, 1782) nominate
White-banded Awl, Hasora taminatus (Hübner, 1818) nominate
Ceylon Awl, Hasora badra (Moore, 1857) ssp. lanka
Brown Awl, Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)
Indian Awl King, Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) nominate
Black Flat, Celaenorrhinus spilothyrus (Felder, 1868)
Black Angle, Tapena thwaitesi (Moore, 1881) nominate
Tricolor Pied Flat, Coladenia indrani ssp. (Moore, 1865) ssp. tissa
Common Small Flat, Sarangesa dasahara (Moore, 1865) ssp. albicilia
Ceylon Snow Flat, Tagiades japetus (Stoll, 1782) ssp. obscurus
Water Snow Flat, Tagiades litigiosa (Möschler, 1878) ssp. ceylonica
Golden Angle, Caprona ransonnettii (Felder, 1868) nominate
Ceylon Golden Angle, Caprona alida (de Nicéville, 1891) ssp. lanka
African Marbled Skipper, Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862) ssp. albofasciata
Indian Skipper, Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793)
Hedge Hopper, Baracus vittatus (Felder, 1862) nominate
Bush Hopper, Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793) ssp. singa
Ceylon Ace, Halpe homolea (Hewitson, 1868) ssp. ceylonica and ssp. egena
Decorated Ace, Thoressa decorata (Moore,1881)
Chestnut Bob, Iambrix salsala (Moore, 1865) ssp.luteipalpus
Common Banded Demon, Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) ssp. alysia
Restricted Demon, Notocrypta curvifascia (Felder & Felder, 1862) nominate
Grass Demon, Udaspes folus (Cramer, 1775)
Indian Palm Bob, Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798) ssp. subgrisea
Ceylon Palm Bob, Suastus minuta (Moore, 1877) nominate
Tree Flitter, Hyarotis adrastus (Cramer, 1780) nominate
Banded Redeye, Gangara lebadea (Hewitson, 1886) ssp. subfasciata
Giant Redeye, Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) ssp. clothilda
Common Redeye, Matapa aria (Moore, 1865)
Common Grass Dart, Taractrocera maevius(Fabricius, 1793) nominate
Common Dartlet, Oriens goloides (Moore, 1881)
Indian Dart, Potanthus pallida (Evans, 1932)
Common Dart, Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, 1881) nominate
Tropic Dart, Potanthus confucius (Felder & Felder, 1862) ssp. satra
Pale Palmdart, Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775) ssp. amba
Dark Palmdart, Telicota ancilla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ssp. lanka
Yellow Palm Dart, Cephrenes trichopepla (Lower, 1908)
Smallest Swift, Panara nado (Fabricius, 1798) synonym of bada (Moore, 1878)
Wallace's Swift, Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866)
Little Branded Swift, Pelopidas agna (Moore, 1865) nominate
Large Branded Swift, Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821) ssp. subochracea
Small Branded Swift, Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798) nominate
Conjoined Swift, Pelopidas conjuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ssp. narooa
Paintbrush Swift, Baoris penicillata Moore, 1881
Blank Swift, Caltoris kumara (Moore, 1878) sp. lanka
Philippine Swift, Caltoris philippina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ssp. seriata

References

Henry, G. M. R. and Woodhouse, L. G. O. (1942) The Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon. Colombo ; Ceylon. 153pp.
Moore, F. C. (1880-87) The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. L. Reeve & Co. : London. 3 v.
Ormiston, W. (1924) The butterflies of Ceylon Colombo, H. W. Cave
Talbot, G. 1947 The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma: Butterflies (Vol 1 & 2)

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