Invertebrates Flora Botanical gardens Civil societies Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India.
The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world.
So it is very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.
The two types are easily recognized by first sight with a good naked eye.
Within Sri Lanka, the latest revision of lepidopterans described 1903 species with 58 families of butterflies and moths.