Locally common butterfly of low country jungles up to about 1200m a.s.l.
It usually settles on a leaf few feets above from the ground during the day
time and become active during the evening. It has a quick jercky flight which
resembles the butterflies of family Hesperiidae. Its larval food plants are Ardisia gardneri, Ardisia elliptica (බලු දං), Embelia ribes and Embelia tsjeriam-cottam of the family Myrsinaceae.
