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Found in countries such as, Sri Lanka, Africa to Burma. A medium sized reddish brown butterfly with rounded wing spices  and rather long wings. It is brightly colored with a remarkable range of colors. The wings are somewhat transparent. The upper side is filled with black spots and small markings. The marginal band of the hind wing on the upper sides is black and has small white spots. The corresponding band on the underside is much wider, but is almost entirely occupied by large white spots. Female is dull brown in color and the wings are more transparent than the male. The female possess what appears to be a post- copulatory sphragis (plug) covering the ostium. A common butterfly found throughout the island from sea level to 2000 feet elevation. It is a butterfly of open spaces with lots of sunshine such as, edges of forests and cultivated fields, roadsides, property boundaries with over-grown vegetation, coastal sand dunes and secondary forests. It may be seen th...

Most people in sri lanka can identify an Araliya tree no matter how little they know about trees. With its gnarled branches, long leaves and distinctive flowers, it is easily one of the most common and identifiable trees in Sri Lanka.The bark is grey and scaly. The branches have a swollen appearance and thicken towards the ends. A cut made on any part of the tree will exude a milky, sticky sap. The leaves are smooth and shiny, upto one foot long with well defined veins. They appear at the ends of the branches. The flowers which appear in clusters, again at the end of the branches, are scented. The petals are waxy and the centre of the flower is usually a different colour to the rest of it. For example the white flowers generally have a yellow centre. There are many varieties ranging from deep crimson to orange to white. The flowering season is from March to May but throughout the year the tree usually produces flowers.  The Temple tree is so called because the scented ...

Great Blue Herons live in both  freshwater  and saltwater habitats, and also forage in grasslands and agricultural fields, where they stalk frogs and mammals. Most breeding colonies are located within 2 to 4 miles of feeding areas, often in isolated  swamps  or on islands, and near lakes and  ponds  bordered by forests. In Great Britain the  heron  is  protected  at all times under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, with fines or prison sentences available for anyone killing or attempting to kill one (see A brief guide to birds and the law, linked from this page, for further details). However, it is still classified as a Species of Special Concern in New Jersey (not yet  endangered  or threatened but on its way). Wetland destruction has caused a decrease in  heron  populations from their historic numbers The heron The heron is a large  species  of  bird  that inhabits wetlands and...