Rather rare butterfly found in low country wet zone up to about 1500m
a.s.l. elevation. It prefers wooded areas and often settles on a twig or leaf
overhanging a jungle path and male a ‘mud-puddler’ settles in wet patches in
jungle paths sometime in swarms. Its larva feeds on Ziziphus oenopolia (හීන් එරමිණියා) and Ziziphus mauritiana (දෙබර/මහ දෙබර/මසන්/Indian jujube/Chinese apple) of the family
Rhamnaceae .
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