There again we set of on another adventure Minkrow and I and others, and again Tigris did not come (sigh). You dont even get leeches there, its the dry zone.
Anyway it is another beautiful and peaceful place. It’s filled with trees and caves and full of animals, but something was wrong the butterfly which i [...]
Archive for the ‘Insects’ Category
21 Aug
Ritigala forest reserve
13 Aug
Morapitiya Forest Reserve
Minkrow and I went to the Morapitiya Forest Reserve. Sadly Tigris could not come because of her fear of leeches. Morapitiya is in the wet zone in the West of Sri lanka.
It was a lot of fun. My goal there was to keep track of what butterflies I saw and identify them, so I did.
We went [...]
1 Aug
Butterflies of Sri Lanka
There are many butterflies in Sri Lanka. Some are common some are rare, some are small some are big and some are VERY big. Some common butterflies are the:
Common Crow
Common Tiger
Plain Tiger
Common Mormon
Common Palmfly
Jezebel
Common Grass Yellow
Lemon Migrant
Some of the rare ones are the:
Gaudy Baron
Crimson Tip
The biggest butterfly in Sri lanka is the [...]
