Further reading :
Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp. 171-172.
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This Caterpillar is green with white lines along the body. The head is rough and brown. The Caterpillar rests by day head downward in a shelter made of twisted leaves of its foodplant, which has the opening at the bottom. The Caterpillar has been found feeding on :
The adult butterfly is dark brown with several white spots on each forewing. There is a large suffused pale yellow patch on each hindwing. The males have a large black mark on the top of each forewing. Underneath, the forewings are black with a grey wing tip, a pale yellow costa, and several white spots. The hind wings underneath are grey with arcs of dark outlined spots. The wing span is about 3 cms.
The species has been described as being composed of several races in small areas of Western Australia :
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp. 171-172.
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