Rather uncommon butterfly flies in well wooded coastal wetlands and mangroves of southwestern part of the country from
Negombo to
Galle. Further inland it can be also found in
Sinharaja forest reserve near
Kudawa,
Kanneliya forest reserve and
Kottawa forest reserve. Great Crow is a shade loving insect spends much of its time resting on leaves or twigs of forest trees while flies only hour or two after sunrise. Its larva feed on leaves of
Cerbera odollam (ගොන් කඳුරු) trees.
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