The cycas blue butterfly (Chilades pandava pandava Horsfield) is an important pest of Cycas trees. Damaged plants show wilt of top bud and can no longer grow. The larva bores young stem and causes death of the seedling. Morphology of the adult, the egg, the larva and the pupa was observed and described with illustrations. Under 25-32℃ room temperature condition, the longevity from eggs to adults was 17-20 days. A survey on seedlings of Cycas taiwaniana was conducted in July, 1981, at Pishan Nursery, Taipei. The average percentage of damage was 17.76%. In the laboratory, the 3rd and the 4th instars of the larva were inoculated with an entomogenous fungus, Paecilomyces javanicus which gave 65% and 60% pathogenicty respectively.