These beautiful butterflies mimic many species. They're one of the most colorful including the adults which are poisonous due to the toxic host plants and the larvae it eats. They follow up a family of 160 species of Danaidae.

They eat fermenting fruits instead of nectaring flowers. It has a strong scent gland between it`s forelegs to deter predators. This strikingly blue upperside is breath taking in flight. The color and patterns seen on most butterflies is created by the color pigments of overlapping scales. They can actually change color as they fly due to the iridescent scales.

They usually fly close to the ground in rainforests. Although these have a small hindwing tail, they are Nymphalidae, not Papilionidae. The Brown base of the forewing is separated from red-orange on the outer half by a cream-colored median band. They can also called "Brown Bamboo Page".

They have zebra striped on the underside and the upperside and is dark brown with a broad cream colored diagonal band accross the forewing. They have a defence mechanism based upon camoflage. The false head pattern makes it confusing to figure out which end is which. Attack of birds would most likely fail.