MORPHOLOGY
External characteristics
Male
Wingspan (mm): 54 (Braby, 2004).
Forewings: The wing surface is white coloured (Pequin, 2021).
Female Wingspan (mm):52 (Braby, 2004).
The females generally have a different underside wing surface than the males, by being darker with broader margins on both wings (D'Abrera, 1982).
Subspecies and variation
Eleven subspecies are described, of which six subspecies are found in Papua. The hindwing underside is predominantly yellow and orange coloured in ssp. iere and ssp. multicolor (Pequin, 2021).