This species rarely drinks water, it receives most of its water from the food it eats. Group sizes for this species range from 3 to 20 individuals. This is a diurnal and an arboreal species. The banded leaf-monkey has a unimale social system and a polygynous mating system. This is a territrial species that has aggressive encounters with conspecific groups.
Females perform most of the grooming bouts in the group.
Males leave the natal group before adolescence. The banded leaf-monkey gives birth to a single offspring. Burton, F. 1995. The Multimedia Guide to the Non-human Primates . Canada Inc. Fleagle, J.G. 1978.