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==Behaviour==

The males are known for their habit of feeding by the edges of puddles, often at the roadside. Occasionally, as many as eight will be seen at the same puddle. They have also been known to be attracted to animal droppings, carcasses and rotting insects.

It has been recorded as a migrant in South India and is known to [[mud-puddling|mud-puddle]] during migration. The butterfly has been seen as comprising as much as 5% of the population of migrating butterflies during a 72-hour period in the [[Nilgiris|Nilgiri hills]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mathew |first1=G. |last2=Binoy |first2=C.F. |year=2002 |title= Migration of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in the New Amarambalam Reserve Forest of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve |journal=Zoos' Print Journal |volume=17 |issue=8 |pages=844–847 |url= http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintJournal/2002/August/844-847.pdf |doi=10.11609/jott.zpj.17.8.844-7|doi-access=free }}</ref>