male and female upper surfaces
(Photo: courtesy of Yusuke Takanami & Yasuo Seki)
The males are brown on top with a large orange patch on each wing. The females are brown with a purple sheen. Both sexes have a long thin tail on each hind wing.
male and female undersides
(Photo: courtesy of Yusuke Takanami & Yasuo Seki)
Underneath, both sexes are pale purplish brown, with multiple arcs of white dashes. Each hind wing has a black spot near the tornus, and another surrounded in orange by the tail. The butterflies have a wing span of about 3 cms.
Samoa 1986
The eggs are laid singly on fruits of foodplants.
The species occurs as several races throughout south-east Asia, from India to the Fiji, including the Philippines, and also the tropical coast of Queensland.
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 740-741.
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