MORPHOLOGY
External characteristics
Male
Forewing length (mm): 24 (Joicey and Talbot, 1922).
Forewings: The forewing upper side is two-third white, with black fringes. The forewing underside with lower two-third of cell from base to apex is white coloured. There are four lemon-chrome coloured subapical spots, with the wing surface below it in a fuscous-black ground-colour. Further, there is a coral-red basal spot on the extreme basal edge of the costa (Pequin, 2021). Hindwings The hindwing upper side has a thin marginal line (Pequin, 2021).
Female
Forewing length (mm): 24 (Joicey and Talbot, 1922).
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 forewing upper side has a slightly larger distal black area in female than in males. The apical margin of the hindwing is black. The underside of both wings is similar to those of males (Pequin, 2021).
Subspecies and variation
No subspecies (Pequin, 2021).