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Tricolour Pied Flat

Coladenia indrani

Description:

feeds on bird droppings. Usually it settles on underside of leaves with fully spread wings, like shady places.

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6 Comments

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thanks Ashish I have double checked the ID
apparently Pseudocoladenia dan is not recorded from Sri Lanka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_but...
so this one must be Coladenia indrani
http://slbutterflies.lk/Butterfly.php?ci...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Nuwan this is look alike Different Flat Skipper- Pseudocoladenia dan
Tips of upper wing in Tricoloured Pied Flat are seen like as in my spotted butterfly...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/139...
May be Lankan race look like this.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thanks Karen!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Very nice!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thanks Gerardo!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow this so beautiful great spotting and photo!

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Alawwa, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Jun 21, 2012
Submitted on Jun 21, 2012

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