The Caterpillars of this species are a translucent green with white spots,and have a pinkish thorax and tail, and a black head.

Male, underside
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The adults are dark brown, with cream spots on each fore wing. The males also have a broken black patch on the upper surface of each forewing. The undersides are reddish brown with cream spots, which are black-edged under each hind wing. The butterflies have a wing span up to 4 cms.

This species occurs in Western Australia.

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, p. 167.

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