MORPHOLOGY
External characteristics
Male
Forewing length (mm): 28 (Joicey and Talbot, 1922).
Forewings: The forewing upper side has a white coloured proximal half. The forewing underside has a white coloured proximal half, a cadmium-yellow coloured basal costal streak. Further, there are seven submarginal dots, the anterior and subapical four yellow, the other ones white coloured (Pequin, 2021). Hindwings The hindwing upper side has a narrow black margin. The hindwing underside is with a brown colouration and marked with a cadmium-yellow colour. The costal has a white colour and yellow at the extreme base. Further, there are three yellow, slightly white, spots near or on its distal edge, and six submarginal yellow spots (Pequin, 2021).
Female
Description not yet available (Pequin, 2021).
Subspecies and variation
Three subspecies are described (Pequin, 2021).