MORPHOLOGY
External characteristics
Male
Wingspan (mm): 79 (Grose Smith And Kirby, 1892).
Forewings: The upper side wing surface is white, with black veins. The costa of the forewing is grey-ish black. The distal margin is broadly black, with a series of white coloured submarginal spots (Pequin, 2021). Hindwings The hindwing surface is pale lemon-yellow, with a broad black margnial border. There are six large white spots on the sub-marginal row. Further, there is a series of black traingular marginal spots at the the end of the veins (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 upper side of the forewing is brownish black, with dusky-white streaks. The hindwing surface is brownish black coloured, with greyish white submarginal inter-spaces (Pequin, 2021).
Subspecies and variation
No subspecies (Pequin, 2021).