Occurs from sea level to 1,100 m on only the Pacific slope, in association with rain forest habitats. Both sexes visit Psiguria and other flowers and collect large pollen loads. The males sit on female pupae and either mate with them immediately upon eclosion, or mate with the pupa. Often two males will mate with the same pupa, which results in the death of the female butterfly. Pupal mating invariably takes place during the early morning, and the presence of pupae can be detected by encountering several males swirling around a low piece of vegetation, trying to knock the older males from the female pupae.