 The species forages over forests and mainly feeds on butterflies, moths, Hymenoptera, and flies.The species is found in Amami-Oshima, Tokuno-shima, Okinoerabu Island, Okinawa Island, Kume Island, Ishigaki, and Iriomote Island in Japan.It was collected from the Kii peninsula in Honshu in 1933, but is now considered extinct there.