Tamil yeoman

Description:

Found in our university premisses,trapped inside a hall when me and bhagya found him..

Habitat:

An uncommon butterfly found in lowlands to mid hills in all the year round. The male settles on the wet patches to absorb minerals and Ormiston has an interesting observation on this butterfly of thousands of males mud puddling on the first five miles of Wellawaya - Koslanda road in November. Larva feeds on Makulu plant of family Flacourtiaceae (Hydnocarpus venenata)