MORPHOLOGY
External characteristics
Male
Forewing length (mm): 25 (Joicey and Talbot, 1916).
Forewings: The upper side is white coloured, with a black area on the forewing. The underside of the wing surface is black, with on the forewing three brick-red subapical spots (Pequin, 2021). Hindwings The hindwing underside has a small yellow basal costal spot and two small brick-red spots. Further, there is on the underside a white, broken, submarginal line (Pequin, 2021).
Female
Forewing length (mm): 25 (Joicey and Talbot, 1916).
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 has two short brick-red subapical streaks. The inner area of the hindwing is tinged with yellow. The underside of the wings is similar to that of males (Pequin, 2021).
Subspecies and variation
No subspecies (Pequin, 2021).