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The butterflies are usually encountered as singletons. They bask in the characteristic Hamadryas / Ectima fashion, head-downwards on tree trunks, either within dense forest or in orchards and other lightly forested habitats. They normally bask at a height of about 4 metres, but can be enticed lower down by applying liquefied plantain or fish paste to trunks at eye-level.