They are most frequently encountered perching along the forest edge on the tops of leaves with the wings half open or nectaring on a variety of flowers, including Eupatorium, Daucus, Palicourea, Tournefortia, Urera, Senecio and Canna species.
Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Tournefortia, Cordia, Lantana, and Eupatorium species.
Later, Carl Linnaeus changed the name to Tournefortia, on the grounds that Tournefort was virtually unknown by his family name outside France.