Very common butterfly flying throughout the year and abundant in
everywhere of the island. It takes part in migrations. Larva feeds on
- Calopogonium mucunoides (Calopo)
- Desmodium tortuosum
- Glycine max
- Phyllodium pulchellum
- Pityranthe verrucosa
- Sterculia zeylanica
- Celtis philippensis (මැදිතැල්ල)
- Celtis timorensis (ගූරැන්ද/බූරැන්ද)
- Codariocalyx motorius
- Dalbergia pseudo-sissoo (බඹර වැල්)
- Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
- Neustanthus phaseoloides
- Vigna hosei
- Nothapodytes nimmoniana
- Gouania microcarpa
- Ventilago madraspatana (යකඩ වැල්)
- Berrya cordifolia (Trincomalee wood/හල්මිල්ල)
- Erythrina fusca