Rather uncommon butterfly found in low
country below 1800 ft a.s.l. all the year round while seldom also flies in the hills. Its female occurs in three forms and those
forms vary greatly in width of blue markings though all of them are darker than
the male. One such form mimics poisonous Blue tiger and one of another form mimics
Euploea species (Crows) -also poisonous- and by that escape from its predators. Its food plant are Capparis brevispina and Capparis zeylanica (සුදු වෙළන්ගිරිය) of the family Capparaceae.
