In its adult life stage, O. ariadne feed on nectar from eight recorded sources including Hebenstretia dura and Tephrosia polystachya.

Current estimates show agricultural development in the last decades have transformed up to 92% of the KwaZulu-Natal midlands into unusable habitat, with only around 1% remaining in healthy condition for species like O.

[5] This threat is a continued happening with seasonal burning of grasses by the locals to clear cropland, which threaten existing populations of butterflies.

Measures are being taken in effort to create a more sustainable habitat for Orachrysops ariadne by removal of invasive species, and propagation of more host plants (Indigofera), as its current availability limits butterfly success.

Additionally plans have been implemented regarding the controlled burns to be conducted in the later season when O. ariadne have been moved under ground by Camponotus Natalensis after entering the pupa stage.