MORPHOLOGY
External characteristics
Male
Forewing length (mm): 21 (Kirton, 2018). Wingspan (mm): 36 - 42 (DBpedia, n.d.).
Forewings: The forewing upper side has a single black coloured spot in the cell. The forewing underside apex has a glossy dark chocolate coloured square spot; and there is usually on the tornus a broad white coloured band. Both underside wingsurfaces outer margins have black coloured spots at the end of the veins (Yata and Morishita, 1979). Hindwings The hindwing upper side has a black coloured border (Yata and Morishita, 1979).
Female
Subspecies and variation
Four (Yata and Morishita, 1979) or five (D'Abrera, 1982) subspecies are described. Ssp. sodalis is similar to ssp. sari, but the latter one has more pronounced maculations of the upper side wing surface. Sexes of ssp. sodalis are similar, but the females are paler on both wingsurfaces (D'Abrera, 1982). There is often no to little seasonal and geographical variation. Ssp. sodalis has on the underside wing surface rather vestigial and indistinct spots. The black border on the hindwing upper side of ssp. sari is deeply excavated in each space and the spots beneath it are well developed and distinct (Yata and Morishita, 1979).