Common butterfly found in all elevations of
the island throughout the year. It occurs in two color forms. Yellow form (as
figured here) doesn't occurs without tail and typical or grey form sometime do
occurs without tails (D’ Abrersa1998). Its larval food plants are Archidendron clypearia subsp. subcoriaceum (මිමිණි මාර), Dalbergia rostrata, Terminalia catappa (කොට්ටම්බා/කොට්ටන්/Indian almond/Country almons), Senegalia caesia (හිඟුරු-වැල්), Acacia pennata (ගොඩ හිඟුරු), Bauhinia racemosa (මයිල), Derris scandens (කල වැල්), Pithecellobium dulce (මැනිලා සියඹලා/Madras thorn/Manila Tamarind), Croton aromaticus, Calliandra calothyrsus (Calliandra), Calliandra surinamensis, Samanea saman (මාර/පිනි මාර/පාරෙ මාර/Rain tree), Murraya koenigii (කරපිංචා), Allophylus cobbe (බූ-කොබ්බෑ\කොබ්බෑ), Pterocarpus indicus and Pongamia pinnata(මගුල් කරඳ). Egg laying was also observed on Sambucus javanica (Himalayan Elder).
