This species is unpalatable to birds and belongs to the "orange" Müllerian mimicry complex.

[1] Prior to their mating season, males of this species congregate by the hundreds on patches of moist soil that contain mineral salts, a behavior known as mud-puddling.

When they cannot find such deposits, the insects visit various animals to drink salty secretions from their skin and nostrils.

[2] The genus Dryadula Michner, 1942, is monotypic; the type species is Papilio phaetusa Linnaeus, 1758 (Syst.

The type locality, given as "Indiis", is supposed to refer to the West Indies or northern South America.