Not only have the common names mangrove and tropical buckeye been confused, but the butterflies themselves have been sometimes misidentified in past literature because the two species have many variations, subspecies and seasonal forms, which makes them difficult to identify or differentiate.

[2][3] Phylogenetic studies demonstrate the separation of evarete and genoveva,[4] but evidence suggests that subspecies and perhaps more species await their descriptions within this group.

[1][5][8] It inhabits tropical plains, shrub and scrub areas, islands, primary and secondary forests, and urbanized and suburbanized habitats.

Males generally stay in the vegetation or on the ground waiting for receptive females, sometimes all day long.

The female deposits her eggs individually under the leaves of the host plant,[9] preferably mock vervain (Glandularia carolinensis), Cayenne snakeweed (Stachytarpheta cayennensis) and white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa).