[4] It is native to Southeast Asia and surrounding regions.

[7][8][9][4][5] The male is iridescent green with a yellow and black underside.

It breeds in forest streams, often in disturbed and cultivated areas too.

[1] Commonly seen as a group rest among bushes in forest paths and shades together with Vestalis apicalis.

[7][8][4] A subspecies, V. g. montana Fraser, 1934, has been described from Western Ghats of South India.