MORPHOLOGY
External characteristics
Male
Forewings: The colouration of the forewing is pale cream, the underside of the wing surface is bright yellow (Pequin, 2021). Hindwings The hindwing underside is orange yellow coloured toward the base, with the basal half and the cell dusted with black (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 upper side wing surface of females is extremely variable, ranging from white, with strong apical markings, to completely black coloured (Pequin, 2021).
Subspecies and variation
No subspecies (Pequin, 2021).