Common at all elevations of the southern part of the country in all the year round while much plentiful during Northeast monsoon period. Scarce in the northern parts of the island. According to the D’Abrera it is a slow and low flying insect not rising more than 5 or 6 feet above the ground usually, and then only when the temperature is not too hot (The Butterflies of Ceylon - D'abrera 1998) Larva feeds on Ceropegia candelabrum, Heterostemma tanjorensis, Vincetoxicum indicum, Vincetoxicum flexuosum, Vincetoxicum iphisia and Vincetoxicum bracteatum.
