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

These Caterpillars are thought to feed on plants from the family APOCYNACEAE.

The adult butterflies of this species are brownish black, with a few white spots on the undersides of the hindwings. The adult butterflies have a wing span around 7 cms.

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

Various subspecies are found in New Guinea and Indonesia, and resarta is found on Cape York in Australia.

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 611-612.

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