Habitats: This swallowtail are found in many different habitats including tropical rainforest up to cloudforest, at elevation between 600 m. and around 1200 m.

Behaviour: the butterfly is only active in the bright sunshine until 12 o'clock noon when the midday heat is worst that they fly into the forest shade for a siesta until late afternoon where they again fly around searching for females.

Both sexes visit flowers high up in canopy of flowering trees and shrubs.

Males are often seen along the river beaches and dry river beds, imbibing mineralized moisture. They are regel seen singly, but sometimes several gather together, regel amidst aggregation of Nymphalids and Perids.

Foodplants: The larvae maybe feed on Rue, Rutaceae family.

Distribution: from the Andes eastern mountain valleys of the Yungas (especially in Caranavi valley along the Rio Coroico) in Bolivia to northwestern Paraguay.

Similar species: in Brazil there are a rare similar lockalike species Brazilian Swallowtail, Heraclides himeros with small yellow band in submarginal band on the rearwing uppersides, and tails with less sway on rearwing.