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A Field Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies of Sri Lanka
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BOOKS
Sumanapala, A. P. (2017) A Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Sri Lanka. Ceylon Tea Services PLC. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
ARTICLES
Edirisinghe, G., Bandara, A.P.M.J., Patterson, B.D., Nanayakkara, R.P., Dissanayake, D., Akmeemana, S., Sumanapala, A., Gabadage, D. and Boteju, M. (2022). The distribution of Kerivoula malpasi and Kerivoula picta (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Sri Lanka. Journal of Bat Research & Conservation 15(1): 11-16. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P., Ranasinghe, T. & Pushpalal, M. G. S. (2022). Rediscovery of Macromia flinti with observations on the female and novel faunistic records (Odonata: Macromiidae). Notulae Odonatologicae 9(9): 419-428. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2021). Macromia weerakooni sp. nov. (Odonata: Anisoptera: Macromiidae), a new dragonfly species from Sri Lanka. International Journal of Odonatology 24: 169-177. Pdf
Weerakoon, D. K. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2021). Unveiling the Living Treasures of Sri Lanka: A report on the new species discoveries during the year 2020. Loris 29(3): 14-20. Pdf
Mujumdar, N., Sawant, D., Sumanapala, A., Rangnekar, P. and Koparde, P. (2020). Rapid multi-taxa assessment of Dhamapur Lake (Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India) using citizen science reveals significant odonate records. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12 (13): 16795-16818. 10.11609/jott.6028.12.13.16795-16818
Joshi, S. , van der Poorten, N. , Sumanapala, A. , Nielsen, E. , Patel, J. , Nielsen, B. , Sawant, D. & Sherif, M. (2020): New records of polymorphism in Asian Libellulid dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata), International Journal of Odonatology. Published online on 17.08.2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2020.1788999
Nanayakkara, R.P., Sumanapala, A.P. and Kirk, P. (2019) Another from Sri Lanka, after 126 years; Chilobachys jonitriantisvansicklei sp. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from a fragmented forest patch in the Wet Zone of Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(2). 25-36. Pdf
Cabral, S. J., Sumanapala, A. P., Weerakoon, D. K., Kotagama, S. W. and Rudran, R. (2018). Have Habitat Loss and Fragmentation Affected the Social Organization of the Western Purple-faced Langur (Semnopithecus vetulus nestor). Primate Conservation (32) 8 pp. Pdf
Perera, N., Sumanapala, A. P. and Padmalal, U. K. G. K. (2018). Avifaunal diversity in the Kala Oya River Basin. WILDLANKA 6 (2): 66-75.
Sumanapala, A. P. and Jayasinghe, H. D. (2016) Range Extension of Heliogomphus lyratus Fraser, 1933 (Anisoptera: Gomphidae) with Notes on its Identification, Habits and Habitat. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8 (9): 9190-9194. Doi: 10.11609/jof.2411.8.9.91909194. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P., Podduwage, D. R. and Dayananda, S. K. (2016). New locality records and range extensions for several threatened species of odonata in Sri Lanka. CheckList: The Journal of Biodiversity Data 12(4). 1921.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1921. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. and Podduwage, D. R. (2016). Notes on the natural history and distribution of Elattoneura leucostigma (Fraser, 1933), a montane endemic damselfly (Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) in Sri Lanka. NeBIO 7 (1): 13-16. Pdf
Subasinghe K. and Sumanapala A. P. (2014). Biological and functional diversity of bird communities in natural and human modified habitats in Northern Flank of Knuckles Mountain Forest Range, Sri Lanka. Biodiversitas. Vol: 15, Number 2. pp 200-205. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d150212. Pdf
Subasinghe, K., Sumanapala, A. P. and Weerawardhena, S. R. (2014). The impact of forest conversion on bird Communities in Northern Flank of Knuckles mountain forest range, Sri Lanka, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, Vol: 7 (4). 368-373. doi: 10.1016/j.japb.2014.07.004. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. and Bedjanič, M. (2013). Rediscovery of a long lost endemic damselfly Sinhalestes orientalis (Hagen in Selys, 1862) from Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, Sri Lanka (Zygoptera: Lestidae). Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. Vol. 2 (1): 44–47. Pdf
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Sumanapala, A. P. & Ranasinghe, T. (2022). First record of Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys, 1862 (Zygoptera: Lestidae) from Sri Lanka with observations on its natural history. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 65 (1): 129–139.
Sumanapala, A. P., Ranasinghe, T. & Sumanapala, D. (2022). Rediscovery of Anisogomphus ceylonicus (Anisoptera: Gomphidae) based on its larva. Taprobanica 11(01): 35-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47605/tapro.v11i1.276
Pushpalal, M. G. S., Malkumari, M. G. K. S. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2021). Some observations on the natural history of Archibasis lieftincki (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Agrion: Newsletter of the Worldwide Dragonfly Association 25(2): 79-81.
Koparde, P., Dawn, P. and Sumanapala, A. (2018). Islands are calling: short expedition to the Andaman Islands reveals four new spatial records and research gaps. Agrion: Newsletter of the Worldwide Dragonfly Association. Vol. 22(1): 37-41. Pdf
Thotagamuwa, A., Sumanapala, A., Dangalle, C., Pallewatte, N. and Lokupitiya, E. (2016). Found after 107 Years: Rediscovery of an Endemic Tiger Beetle Jansenia laeticolor W. Horn (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in Sri Lanka. CICINDELA 48 (3-4): 77-83. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. and Jayawardana, N. C. (2016) Range Extension of Lyriothemis defonsekai van der Poorten, 2009 (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), an endemic odonate in Sri Lanka. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(13): 9589-9591. Doi: | Pp. 9589–9591 10.11609/jof.2420.8.13.9589-9591. Pdf
Dayananda, S. K., Ariyarathna, K. D. S. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2016). A sight record of Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1827) at Arugam Bay, South Eastern Sri Lanka. Siyo Siri: Celebrating 40 Years – FOGSL. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 170-171.
De Mel, R. K., Dayananda, S. K., Sumanapala. A. P., Nanayakkara. R. P., Perera, T. and Withanage, M. (2014). A previously undescribed feature in the plumage of juvenile Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus layardi in Sri Lanka. BirdingASIA 21. 100-101. Pdf
ABSTRACTS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Bedjanič, M., Sumanapala, A.P. & Dow, R. (2022). New data and knowledge, but conservation concerns remain – IUCN Red List assessment of Sri Lanka’s endemic Odonata. Book of Abstracts, 6th European Congress on Odonatology. 27-30th June 2022, Kamnik, Slovenia. P 27.
Sumanapala, A. P., Ranasinghe, T. and Sumanapala, D. (2022). Montane Damselflies of Sri Lanka: Diversity, distribution and conservation. Second Rufford in-country Conference, Kandy, Sri Lanka. 27-29 January 2022.
de Mel, R. K., Dayananda, S. K., Ranasinghe, R. H. T., Sumanapala, A. P. and Gabadage, D. E. (2019). Chytridiomycosis and the amphibians of Sri Lanka: providing a framework for future studies. Proceedings of the Association for Tropical Biodiversity Conservation Asia Pacific Chapter Meeting 2019, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Botejue, M., Gabadage, D., Madawala, M., Surasinghe, T., Kandambi, D., Sumanapala, A., Edirisinghe, G., Karunarathna, S. (2019). Diversity, Distribution and Conservation of Draconine Lizards (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the WILDLANKA International Symposium – 2019. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2017). The Future of Endemic Odonata in Sri Lanka under the Changing Climatic Patterns. International Congress on Odonatology. Clare College, Cambridge, UK. P 55. Pdf.
Subasinghe, K., Sumanapala, A. P. and Chandrasekara, W. U. (2017). Diversity of macrobenthic community in a tropical tidal flat, Mannar, Sri Lanka. Conference Proceedings of the 23rd Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Cabral, S. J., Weerakkody, S. N., Sumanapala, A. P., Ratnayake, R., Jayasinghe, H. D., Weerakoon, D. K., Kotagama, S. W. and Rudran, R. (2016). Human responses towards purple faced langurs in Colombo and Kaluthara districts of Sri Lanka. 5th Asian Primate Symposium, Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Cabral, S. J., Sumanapala, A. P., Ratnayake, R., Jayasinghe, H. D., Weerakoon, D. K., Kotagama, S. W. and Rudran, R. (2016). Distribution of Toque macaques (Macaca sinica) and their impact on human lives in Kandy district of Sri Lanka. 5th Asian Primate Symposium, Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Thotagamuwa, A., Dangalle, C. D., Pallewatta, N., Lokupitiya, E., Sumanapala, A. and Ranasinghe, R.H.T. (2016). Comparison of tiger beetle (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) diversity in four protected areas in different climatic zones of Sri Lanka. iPURSE-2016, The Annual International Research Sessions of the University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2015). Diversity and Habitat Occupancy of Odonata in Sinharaja Man and Biosphere Reserve, Sri Lanka. Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bangaluru, on 08-11 September 2015 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2014). Diversity, Habitat Preference and Phenology of Odonata Community in Talangama Environmental Protection Area, Sri Lanka (Work in Progress). Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bangaluru, on 25-28 September 2014 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2014). Diversity of odonata in the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, Sri Lanka. Proceedings Part 1: Abstract of Papers of the Eighteenth International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2013. Organized by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. p 143. Pdf.
Cabral, L. S. J., Kotagama, S. W., Sumanapala, A. P. and Weerakoon, D. K. (2013) Group size and age-sex composition of Semnopithecus vetulus nestor (western purple-faced langurs) in relation to land use patterns. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Sessions: Part 1-Abstracts, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science. P 85. Pdf.
Deshapriya, C. I., Liyanage, I. S. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2013) Career Development in a Knowledge-based Economy with special reference to the Environmental Science Sector. Proceedings of ASAIHL International Conference 2013: Student’s forum. The Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning.
Sumanapala, A. P., Dayananda, H. G. S. K., Deshapriya, C. I., Jayaratne, M. R., De Silva, D. M., Vishvanath, N. and Rajatewa, R. M. A. P. M. (2012) Biodiversity baseline survey of up country tea plantations in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka, Proceedings Part 1: Abstract of papers of the Seventeenth International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2012. Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. 19-20 pp. Pdf.
CONTRIBUTION TO BOOKS
Sumanapala, A. (2014) Dragonflies and Damselflies. In: Kotagama, S. (Ed.) A Pictorial Guide to Uda Walawe National Park. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka & Dilmah Conservation. pp. 97-106.
Sumanapala, A. P. and Deshapriya, C. I. (2013) Prarambhaya: Sri Lankawe Jaiwa Vividathwaya [=Biodiversity of Sri Lanka: An Introduction]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 1-10. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013) Sri Lankawe Bathkurange Vividathwaya [=Diversity of odonata in Sri Lanka]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 37-40. Pdf
POPULAR ARTICLES
Sumanapala, A. P. (2021). In Sri Lanka, here be dragonflies and damselflies like nowhere else (Commentary). Mongabay. Published at https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/in-sri-lanka-here-be-dragonflies-and-damselflies-like-nowhere-else-commentary/ on 18 May 2021.
Sumanapala, A. (2020). How a changing climate threatens Sri Lanka’s dragonflies and damselflies. Mongabay. Published on 19.05.2020.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2020). 2019: The year Sri Lanka’s stunning new species came to light (Commentary). Mongabay. Published on 06.01.2020.
Sumanapala, A. (2016). Natural History and Systematics of Odonata: Where do you Stand? Parthenos: Newsletter of DiversityIndia April 2016: 23-24. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2016). National Bird Ringing Programme of Sri Lanka: Past, Present and Future. Siyo Siri: Celebrating 40 Years – FOGSL. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 44-48.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2016). Avifauna and Wildlife of Mannar and Vankalai. Siyo Siri: Celebrating 40 Years – FOGSL. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 152-155.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). National Red List 2012 and the Current Status of Sri Lankan Fauna and Flora. Cyanosure 2013. Environmental Conservation and Management Society, University of Kelaniya.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2017) A Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Sri Lanka. Ceylon Tea Services PLC. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
ARTICLES
Edirisinghe, G., Bandara, A.P.M.J., Patterson, B.D., Nanayakkara, R.P., Dissanayake, D., Akmeemana, S., Sumanapala, A., Gabadage, D. and Boteju, M. (2022). The distribution of Kerivoula malpasi and Kerivoula picta (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Sri Lanka. Journal of Bat Research & Conservation 15(1): 11-16. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P., Ranasinghe, T. & Pushpalal, M. G. S. (2022). Rediscovery of Macromia flinti with observations on the female and novel faunistic records (Odonata: Macromiidae). Notulae Odonatologicae 9(9): 419-428. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2021). Macromia weerakooni sp. nov. (Odonata: Anisoptera: Macromiidae), a new dragonfly species from Sri Lanka. International Journal of Odonatology 24: 169-177. Pdf
Weerakoon, D. K. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2021). Unveiling the Living Treasures of Sri Lanka: A report on the new species discoveries during the year 2020. Loris 29(3): 14-20. Pdf
Mujumdar, N., Sawant, D., Sumanapala, A., Rangnekar, P. and Koparde, P. (2020). Rapid multi-taxa assessment of Dhamapur Lake (Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India) using citizen science reveals significant odonate records. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12 (13): 16795-16818. 10.11609/jott.6028.12.13.16795-16818
Joshi, S. , van der Poorten, N. , Sumanapala, A. , Nielsen, E. , Patel, J. , Nielsen, B. , Sawant, D. & Sherif, M. (2020): New records of polymorphism in Asian Libellulid dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata), International Journal of Odonatology. Published online on 17.08.2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2020.1788999
Nanayakkara, R.P., Sumanapala, A.P. and Kirk, P. (2019) Another from Sri Lanka, after 126 years; Chilobachys jonitriantisvansicklei sp. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from a fragmented forest patch in the Wet Zone of Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(2). 25-36. Pdf
Cabral, S. J., Sumanapala, A. P., Weerakoon, D. K., Kotagama, S. W. and Rudran, R. (2018). Have Habitat Loss and Fragmentation Affected the Social Organization of the Western Purple-faced Langur (Semnopithecus vetulus nestor). Primate Conservation (32) 8 pp. Pdf
Perera, N., Sumanapala, A. P. and Padmalal, U. K. G. K. (2018). Avifaunal diversity in the Kala Oya River Basin. WILDLANKA 6 (2): 66-75.
Sumanapala, A. P. and Jayasinghe, H. D. (2016) Range Extension of Heliogomphus lyratus Fraser, 1933 (Anisoptera: Gomphidae) with Notes on its Identification, Habits and Habitat. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8 (9): 9190-9194. Doi: 10.11609/jof.2411.8.9.91909194. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P., Podduwage, D. R. and Dayananda, S. K. (2016). New locality records and range extensions for several threatened species of odonata in Sri Lanka. CheckList: The Journal of Biodiversity Data 12(4). 1921.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1921. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. and Podduwage, D. R. (2016). Notes on the natural history and distribution of Elattoneura leucostigma (Fraser, 1933), a montane endemic damselfly (Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) in Sri Lanka. NeBIO 7 (1): 13-16. Pdf
Subasinghe K. and Sumanapala A. P. (2014). Biological and functional diversity of bird communities in natural and human modified habitats in Northern Flank of Knuckles Mountain Forest Range, Sri Lanka. Biodiversitas. Vol: 15, Number 2. pp 200-205. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d150212. Pdf
Subasinghe, K., Sumanapala, A. P. and Weerawardhena, S. R. (2014). The impact of forest conversion on bird Communities in Northern Flank of Knuckles mountain forest range, Sri Lanka, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, Vol: 7 (4). 368-373. doi: 10.1016/j.japb.2014.07.004. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. and Bedjanič, M. (2013). Rediscovery of a long lost endemic damselfly Sinhalestes orientalis (Hagen in Selys, 1862) from Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, Sri Lanka (Zygoptera: Lestidae). Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. Vol. 2 (1): 44–47. Pdf
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Sumanapala, A. P. & Ranasinghe, T. (2022). First record of Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys, 1862 (Zygoptera: Lestidae) from Sri Lanka with observations on its natural history. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 65 (1): 129–139.
Sumanapala, A. P., Ranasinghe, T. & Sumanapala, D. (2022). Rediscovery of Anisogomphus ceylonicus (Anisoptera: Gomphidae) based on its larva. Taprobanica 11(01): 35-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47605/tapro.v11i1.276
Pushpalal, M. G. S., Malkumari, M. G. K. S. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2021). Some observations on the natural history of Archibasis lieftincki (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Agrion: Newsletter of the Worldwide Dragonfly Association 25(2): 79-81.
Koparde, P., Dawn, P. and Sumanapala, A. (2018). Islands are calling: short expedition to the Andaman Islands reveals four new spatial records and research gaps. Agrion: Newsletter of the Worldwide Dragonfly Association. Vol. 22(1): 37-41. Pdf
Thotagamuwa, A., Sumanapala, A., Dangalle, C., Pallewatte, N. and Lokupitiya, E. (2016). Found after 107 Years: Rediscovery of an Endemic Tiger Beetle Jansenia laeticolor W. Horn (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in Sri Lanka. CICINDELA 48 (3-4): 77-83. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. and Jayawardana, N. C. (2016) Range Extension of Lyriothemis defonsekai van der Poorten, 2009 (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), an endemic odonate in Sri Lanka. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(13): 9589-9591. Doi: | Pp. 9589–9591 10.11609/jof.2420.8.13.9589-9591. Pdf
Dayananda, S. K., Ariyarathna, K. D. S. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2016). A sight record of Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1827) at Arugam Bay, South Eastern Sri Lanka. Siyo Siri: Celebrating 40 Years – FOGSL. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 170-171.
De Mel, R. K., Dayananda, S. K., Sumanapala. A. P., Nanayakkara. R. P., Perera, T. and Withanage, M. (2014). A previously undescribed feature in the plumage of juvenile Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus layardi in Sri Lanka. BirdingASIA 21. 100-101. Pdf
ABSTRACTS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Bedjanič, M., Sumanapala, A.P. & Dow, R. (2022). New data and knowledge, but conservation concerns remain – IUCN Red List assessment of Sri Lanka’s endemic Odonata. Book of Abstracts, 6th European Congress on Odonatology. 27-30th June 2022, Kamnik, Slovenia. P 27.
Sumanapala, A. P., Ranasinghe, T. and Sumanapala, D. (2022). Montane Damselflies of Sri Lanka: Diversity, distribution and conservation. Second Rufford in-country Conference, Kandy, Sri Lanka. 27-29 January 2022.
de Mel, R. K., Dayananda, S. K., Ranasinghe, R. H. T., Sumanapala, A. P. and Gabadage, D. E. (2019). Chytridiomycosis and the amphibians of Sri Lanka: providing a framework for future studies. Proceedings of the Association for Tropical Biodiversity Conservation Asia Pacific Chapter Meeting 2019, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Botejue, M., Gabadage, D., Madawala, M., Surasinghe, T., Kandambi, D., Sumanapala, A., Edirisinghe, G., Karunarathna, S. (2019). Diversity, Distribution and Conservation of Draconine Lizards (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the WILDLANKA International Symposium – 2019. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2017). The Future of Endemic Odonata in Sri Lanka under the Changing Climatic Patterns. International Congress on Odonatology. Clare College, Cambridge, UK. P 55. Pdf.
Subasinghe, K., Sumanapala, A. P. and Chandrasekara, W. U. (2017). Diversity of macrobenthic community in a tropical tidal flat, Mannar, Sri Lanka. Conference Proceedings of the 23rd Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Cabral, S. J., Weerakkody, S. N., Sumanapala, A. P., Ratnayake, R., Jayasinghe, H. D., Weerakoon, D. K., Kotagama, S. W. and Rudran, R. (2016). Human responses towards purple faced langurs in Colombo and Kaluthara districts of Sri Lanka. 5th Asian Primate Symposium, Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Cabral, S. J., Sumanapala, A. P., Ratnayake, R., Jayasinghe, H. D., Weerakoon, D. K., Kotagama, S. W. and Rudran, R. (2016). Distribution of Toque macaques (Macaca sinica) and their impact on human lives in Kandy district of Sri Lanka. 5th Asian Primate Symposium, Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Thotagamuwa, A., Dangalle, C. D., Pallewatta, N., Lokupitiya, E., Sumanapala, A. and Ranasinghe, R.H.T. (2016). Comparison of tiger beetle (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) diversity in four protected areas in different climatic zones of Sri Lanka. iPURSE-2016, The Annual International Research Sessions of the University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Pdf.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2015). Diversity and Habitat Occupancy of Odonata in Sinharaja Man and Biosphere Reserve, Sri Lanka. Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bangaluru, on 08-11 September 2015 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2014). Diversity, Habitat Preference and Phenology of Odonata Community in Talangama Environmental Protection Area, Sri Lanka (Work in Progress). Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bangaluru, on 25-28 September 2014 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2014). Diversity of odonata in the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, Sri Lanka. Proceedings Part 1: Abstract of Papers of the Eighteenth International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2013. Organized by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. p 143. Pdf.
Cabral, L. S. J., Kotagama, S. W., Sumanapala, A. P. and Weerakoon, D. K. (2013) Group size and age-sex composition of Semnopithecus vetulus nestor (western purple-faced langurs) in relation to land use patterns. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Sessions: Part 1-Abstracts, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science. P 85. Pdf.
Deshapriya, C. I., Liyanage, I. S. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2013) Career Development in a Knowledge-based Economy with special reference to the Environmental Science Sector. Proceedings of ASAIHL International Conference 2013: Student’s forum. The Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning.
Sumanapala, A. P., Dayananda, H. G. S. K., Deshapriya, C. I., Jayaratne, M. R., De Silva, D. M., Vishvanath, N. and Rajatewa, R. M. A. P. M. (2012) Biodiversity baseline survey of up country tea plantations in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka, Proceedings Part 1: Abstract of papers of the Seventeenth International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2012. Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. 19-20 pp. Pdf.
CONTRIBUTION TO BOOKS
Sumanapala, A. (2014) Dragonflies and Damselflies. In: Kotagama, S. (Ed.) A Pictorial Guide to Uda Walawe National Park. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka & Dilmah Conservation. pp. 97-106.
Sumanapala, A. P. and Deshapriya, C. I. (2013) Prarambhaya: Sri Lankawe Jaiwa Vividathwaya [=Biodiversity of Sri Lanka: An Introduction]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 1-10. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013) Sri Lankawe Bathkurange Vividathwaya [=Diversity of odonata in Sri Lanka]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 37-40. Pdf
POPULAR ARTICLES
Sumanapala, A. P. (2021). In Sri Lanka, here be dragonflies and damselflies like nowhere else (Commentary). Mongabay. Published at https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/in-sri-lanka-here-be-dragonflies-and-damselflies-like-nowhere-else-commentary/ on 18 May 2021.
Sumanapala, A. (2020). How a changing climate threatens Sri Lanka’s dragonflies and damselflies. Mongabay. Published on 19.05.2020.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2020). 2019: The year Sri Lanka’s stunning new species came to light (Commentary). Mongabay. Published on 06.01.2020.
Sumanapala, A. (2016). Natural History and Systematics of Odonata: Where do you Stand? Parthenos: Newsletter of DiversityIndia April 2016: 23-24. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2016). National Bird Ringing Programme of Sri Lanka: Past, Present and Future. Siyo Siri: Celebrating 40 Years – FOGSL. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 44-48.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2016). Avifauna and Wildlife of Mannar and Vankalai. Siyo Siri: Celebrating 40 Years – FOGSL. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 152-155.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). National Red List 2012 and the Current Status of Sri Lankan Fauna and Flora. Cyanosure 2013. Environmental Conservation and Management Society, University of Kelaniya.
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