Cheritra freja is a small butterfly of the Lycaenidae (gossamer winged) family and found in India, Indochina, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
   It has a brown dorsal side with white bands.
   The hindwings have 2 long tails that are colored from pale yellow to white on the ventral side with black margins.
   Males  have purplish brown dorsal side wings and females are dark brown.
   The hind wings have white striped tornal spots in spaces 1b and 2.
   The ventral side is white with orange brown shadows on the forewings and the apical area of the hind wings.
   The hind wings are toothed, have a white tail up to 25 mm long at the end of the 2nd vein, a shorter tail at the end of vein 1b.
    They can be found in primary rainforest and in disturbed or secondary forest.
    They can be seen at elevations between sea level and about 800m.
   Males are typically encountered singly, either perching on foliage in dappled sunlight, or taking mineralised moisture from the ground (puddling).         They usually rest with the wings held erect but will bask with wings half open in certain lighting conditions.
    Females are normally only seen in flight, skipping from plant to plant in search of oviposition sites.
    Their populations are listed as “Not Endangered.”