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Pachliopta jophon, the Ceylon rose or Sri Lankan rose, is a butterfly found in Sri Lanka that belongs to the swallowtail family. It was earlier classified as a subspecies of Pachliopta hector , the crimson rose.
Ceylon rose is a globally threatened butterfly endemic to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is home to 245 species of butterflies with 23 of these being endemic to the island. [1] Of the 245 species, 76, are listed as threatened nationally, while the Ceylon rose is designated as critically endangered. [2
The common rose is found up to 2,400 metres (8,000 ft) in the Western Ghats and south Indian hills, up to 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) at the eastern end of the Himalayas but only up to 910 metres (3,000 ft) in the north-west Himalayas. The butterfly is a common visitor to Indian gardens and can even be found in crowded urban areas.
Lime butterfly. Papilio demoleus: Papilio demoleus demoleus: Least concern Common mime. ... Ceylon rose: Pachliopta jophon: Endemic Critically endangered Troides ...
Location of Sri Lanka. This is a list of the butterflies of Sri Lanka.Of the 245 species, 24 are endemic to the island.. The list is in six parts: List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Pieridae)
Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775) — common rose; Pachliopta antiphus (Fabricius, 1793) Pachliopta atropos (Staudinger, 1888) Pachliopta hector (Linnaeus, 1758) — crimson rose; Pachliopta jophon (Gray, [1853]) — Ceylon rose or Sri Lankan rose; Pachliopta kotzebuea (Eschscholtz, 1821) — pink rose; Pachliopta leytensis (Murayama ...
Amy Rose Perry always knew she wanted to release monarch butterflies at her Cape Cod wedding in honor of her father, Nathaniel Machain, who died on Aug. 5, 1999 when she was just 7 years old.
Ceylon forester: Lethe dynsate: Endemic Genus Mycalesis – bushbrowns. Name Binomial Subspecies Status Common bushbrown. Mycalesis perseus: Mycalesis perseus typhlus: