(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)
The upper surfaces of the wings of the adult butterfly are white with black termen and wingtips. The undersides are white, with a yellow patch by the body, grey tips under the forewings, and several faint brown spots under each hindwing. The butterfly has a wingspan up to 4 cms.
underside
(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)
The species is found along most of the coastal strip of Queensland.
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp. 315-316.
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