Crabs & Insects
Colourful crab on the rocks you can see from the upstairs reception of the Lighthouse Hotel, near Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Large Crab on the soft, clean sands of Tangalle Beach, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Crab on seaside rocks, near Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
One crab squirting some liquid at a larger one for getting too close, on a rocky outcrop near Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
A freshwater mountain crab under the footbridge over the stream at Hakgala Botanical Gardens (1726 m or 5663 feet above mean sea level [MSL]), near Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Lime Blue Butterfly (Chilades lajus Stoll, 1780), (Sub-spp., Chilades lajus lajus).
Found at all elevations in Sri Lanka throughout the year.
Most common during the North East monsoon in November to December.
Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Common Lascar Butterfly (Pantoporia hordonia Stoll, 1790), (Sub-spp., Pantoporia hordonia sinuata).
Despite its name, this is a rare, migratory butterfly with a mixed style of flight, switching between intermittent flapping and gliding.
Found in the low country and up to elevations of about 1500 m in Sri Lanka.
This is an introduced species to Sri Lanka, locally called an Orange Migrant Butterfly (Catopsilia scylla).
It became established on the island through the introduction of an ornamental plant Senna surattensis, and now also feeds on Senna spectabilis and Senna tora.
It is found in the Southwest wet zone and the “Up Country” of Sri Lanka.
The distribution of wildlife and plantlife in Sri Lanka depends directly on the availability of rainwater. Most of the endemic plants and animals (unique to Sri Lanka) live in the Central Highlands and the Southwestern part of the country, known as the “Wet Zone,” which receives plenty of rain (an annual average of 2500 millimeters)
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