This research was carried out to study for the first time the colonization, the biology and to collect first baseline data on susceptibility status of Phlebotomus papatasi the vector of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) in Sudan. Samples of P. papatasi females were collected from Surogia village (located at the north site of Khartoum State, Sr), White Nile forest (White Nile State, WN) and Dinder National Park located at southern east of Sudan (Gedaref State, DNP). The P. papatasi females were collected with different methods using both light and sticky oil traps. A colony of P. papatasi was...