An
uncommon butterfly of lowlands below 300m a.s.l. Much common in the dry zone
and mostly appearing during the dry season of the year. It is usually found settling at the end of a
twig or thorn of a tree. It flies close to the ground and much fond of
roadsides of the open areas or shrubs rather than jungles. Its food plants are Dichrostachys cinerea (අන්දර) and Vachellia nilotica (කටු කිහිරි) African Babul blue also flies in
Africa, Arabia and India. The larvae are
attended by ants (Woodhouse L.G.O. The Butterfly fauna of
Ceylon 1950)
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