Common butterfly flies from lowlands to
about 1500m. However it is much common in the hills from 500m to 1200m
especially near rivers and streams in wooded areas and on jungle paths. Commander
takes part in migrations and it is extremely swift in plight. It occasionally
settles on wet patches on the road to absorb minerals. Its larva feeds on Mussaenda samana, Mitragyna tubulosa, Mitragyna parvifolia (හැළඹ), Mussaenda frondosa (මුස්සැන්ද/වෙල්-බුත්සරණ), Timonius flavescens, Uncaria elliptica, and Wendlandia bicuspidata (රාවන් ඉදල/වන ඉදල/රත් වැනිදල). Apart from that egg laying only was also observed on Gaertnera vaginans (පේර තඹල).
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