MORPHOLOGY
External characteristics
Male
Forewings: The forewing upper side is entirely black coloured, with a slight white suffusion in the basal half. There is a rounded spot at the costal margin, three larger submarginal spots and between these three spots and the apex there are four white spots. The outer margin has three small white spots. The forewing underside is white coloured and shaded with black. There is a curved row of six spots, of which the first one is yellow and the other ones are white coloured (Pequin, 2021). Hindwings The hindwing upper side is white coloured with a slight yellow-ish tone and has a black-ish coloured central patch at the base. There are four white spots. The hindwing underside has deep orange spots (Pequin, 2021).
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 females are slightly smaller than the males. the forewing underside is not suffused with black, bt has proximally and in the cell a distinct yellow tone (Pequin, 2021).
Subspecies and variation
Two subspecies are described (Pequin, 2021).