MORPHOLOGY
External characteristics
Male
Forewings: The forewing upper side lacks the blue bordering around the white area (Yata and Morishita, 1979). Hindwings The hindwing underside has an orange coloured tornal patch and submarginal spots (Pequin, 2021). The hindwing underside lacks the white band along the submarginal black band (Yata and Morishita, 1979).
Female
The females generally have a different underside wing surface than the males, by being darker with broader margins on both wings (D'Abrera, 1982). The female lacks the white subapical spots on the outer black border (Yata and Morishita, 1979).
Subspecies and variation
No subspecies (Pequin, 2021). Two subspecies are described (Yata and Morishita, 1979).