Testimonials

[ A Birding and Wildlife Trip Report: Sri Lanka]

The list below assigns a unique number to each on the very first occasion a species of butterfly was encountered on this deducated butterfly watching tour with client Mike Williams.

26th February 2010
Nittambuwa

1. Lime Butterfly
2. Psyche
3. Jezebel
4. Mottled Emigrant
5. Common Grass Yellow
6. Three-spot Grass Yellow
7. Grey Pansy
8. Peacock Pansy
9. Common Palmfly
10. Common Cerulean
11. Forget-me-not
12. Bush Hopper

Kuruwita

13. Tawny Coster

27th February – 1st March 2010
Sinharaja Rainforest

14. Ceylon Birdwing
15. Crimson Rose
16. Ceylon Rose
17. Common Rose
18. Red Helen
19. Blue Mormon
20. Bluebottle
21. Tailed Jay
22. Five-bar Swordtail
Jezebel
23. Lesser Albatross
Mottled Emigrant
24. Lemon Migrant
25. Blue Wanderer
Common Grass Yellow
Three-spot Grass Yellow
26. Tree Nymph
27. Blue Glassy Tiger
28. Blue Tiger
29. Glassy Tiger
30. Common Crow
31. Rustic
32. Leopard
33. Chocolate Soldier
34. Great Eggfly
35. Danaid Eggfly
36. Common Sailor
37. Commander
38. Clipper
39. Baron
40. Nigger Brown
41. Tamil Bushbrown
42. Common Bushbrown
43. Gladeye Bushbrown
44. White Four-ring
45. Nilgiri Tit
46. Large 4-line Blue
47. Pale 4-line Blue
48. Common Lineblue
49. Tailless Lineblue
50. Metallic Cerulean
Common Cerulean
51. Common Pierrot
52. Angled Pierrot
53. Indian Cupid
54. Plum Judy
55. Black Angle
56. Hedge Hopper
57. Chestnut Bob
58. Common Banded Demon
59. Tropic Dart

1st March 2010
Rumassala

Crimson Rose
Jezebel
Common Sailor
Common Silverline
Common Pierrot
60. Tiny Grass Blue
61. Small Branded Swift

2nd March 2010
Mirissa

Lime Butterfly
Jezebel
Mottled Emigrant

3rd – 4th March 2010
Yala National Park

Crimson Rose
Ceylon Rose
Common Rose
Lime Butterfly
62. Common Mormon
Blue Mormon
Psyche
Jezebel
63. Painted Saw-tooth
64. Pioneer
65. Common Gull
Lesser Albatross
66. White Orange Tip
67. Yellow Orange Tip
Mottled Emigrant
Blue Wanderer
68. Small Salmon Arab
69. Little Orange Tip
70. Small Grass Yellow
Common Grass Yellow
Blue Tiger
71. Dark Blue Tiger
72. Common Tiger
73. Plain Tiger
Common Crow
Leopard
74. Painted Lady
75. Lemon Pansy
Grey Pansy
Danaid Eggfly
Common Sailor
76. Common Silverline
Tawny Coster
77. Common Guava Blue
Forget-me-not
78. Long-tailed (Pea) Blue
79. Zebra Blue
80. Butler’s Spotted Pierrot
81. Grass Jewel
82. Lesser Grass Blue
Indian Cupid
83. African Babul Blue
84. Lime Blue

4th March 2010
Tissamaharama

85. Giant Orange Tip

Debarawewa

Crimson Rose
Common Rose
Blue Mormon
Jezebel
Lesser Albatross
Small Salmon Arab
Blue Tiger
Dark Blue Tiger
Glassy Tiger
Plain Tiger
Common Crow
Lemon Pansy
Chocolate Soldier
Peacock Pansy
Common Sailor
Tawny Coster
86. Common Evening Brown
Common Bushbrown
Common Palmfly
87. Dark Grass Blue
Lesser Grass Blue
Tiny Grass Blue
Lime Blue

5th March 2010
Ella

Blue Mormon
Bluebottle
88. Common Albatross
Lesser Albatross
Lemon Migrant
Common Grass Yellow
Common Crow
89. Angled Castor
Lemon Pansy
Chocolate Soldier
Great Eggfly
Common Sailor
90. Chestnut-streaked Sailor
Baron
91. Tawny Rajah
Gladeye Bushbrown
92. Yamfly
93. Dingy Lineblue
Large 4-line Blue
Tailless Lineblue
94. Dark Cerulean
95. Common Hedge Blue

6th March 2010
Horton Plains

Common Rose
96. Banded Peacock
Red Helen
97. Mime
Bluebottle
Lesser Albatross
Common Grass Yellow
98. Ceylon Tiger
Leopard
99. Indian Fritillary
100. Indian Red Admiral
101. Blue Admiral
Grey Pansy
Common Sailor
Common Evening Brown
102. Ceylon Treebrown
Large 4-line Blue
103. Common Hedge Blue
Ceylon Hedge Blue
Hedge Hopper
Common Banded Demon
104. Smallest Swift

7th March 2010
Hakgala Botanical Gardens

Red Helen
Blue Mormon
Bluebottle
Tailed Jay
Jezebel
Lesser Albatross
Lemon Migrant
Common Grass Yellow
Glassy Tiger
Ceylon Tiger
Common Crow
Indian Red Admiral
Chocolate Soldier
Great Eggfly
Common Sailor
Chestnut-streaked Sailor
Common Evening Brown
Nigger Brown
Large 4-line Blue
Common Lineblue
Long-tailed (Pea) Blue
Ceylon Hedge Blue
105. Indian Dart

7th – 9th March 2010
Hunas Falls

Blue Mormon
Common Grass Yellow
Leopard
Commander
Common Evening Brown
Gladeye Bushbrown
White Four-ring
Common Palmfly
Common Cerulean
106. Red Pierrot
107. Plains Cupid
Plum Judy

8th March 2010
Knuckles

Ceylon Birdwing
Ceylon Rose
Red Helen
Blue Mormon
Bluebottle
Jezebel
Common Albatross
Common Grass Yellow
Tree Nymph
Ceylon Tiger
Common Crow
Leopard
Indian Fritillary
Blue Admiral
Chocolate Soldier
Common Sailor
Common Evening Brown
108. Tamil Treebrown
Ceylon Treebrown
109. Ceylon Forester
Dark Cerulean
Common Cerulean
Common Pierrot
Red Pierrot
110. Black Flat
111. Tricolour Pied Flat
Bush Hopper
112. Conjoined Swift
Smallest Swift

Ukuwela

Crimson Rose
Grey Pansy
Common Evening Brown
Nigger Brown
White Four-ring
Common Palmfly
Lesser Grass Blue

9th March 2010
En-route to Negombo

113. Apefly

Negombo

Jezebel
Red Pierrot
114. Indian Skipper