(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The adults are brown, with orange patches. The males have a grey patch on each forewing. The undersides of the forewings are similar, but the hindwings are a more uniform brown underneath. The butterflies have a wing span of about 3 cms.

The eggs are crea, changing to orange. They are laid singly of the tips of foodplant leaves.

This species occurs in much of south-east Asia, from India to the Philippines, including Japan, and also the coastal plains of north Queensland.

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp. 223-224.

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