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Sri Lankan Dark Wanderer

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Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica (Felder & Felder, 1865) ഇരുളൻ  നാടോടി Malayalam Name  : ഇരുളൻ നാടോടി Family  : Pieridae Sub-family              : Pieri nae Tribe                      :  Leptociaini Order : Lepidoptera DIST RIBUTION            Sri Lanka  and  India . STATUS:    Endemic to Western Ghats and Sri Lanka HABITAT They are found in  . HABITS T ts IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES Medium-sized  butterfly   butterfly with wingspan 65-80 mm.     The dark wanderer resembles  Pareronia valeria  in colour and in the disposition of the markings,  On the underside the terminal black borders are broader and darker, the subterminal series of spots on apex of the forewing and on the hindwing absent or so very thickly overlaid with the dusky brownish black of the terminal margin as to be very i...