Appearance
The wingspan is about 84-90 mm. Hind wings with crenulate outer margin and produced to a point at vein 4. Male fuscous brown. Wings suffused with purplish as far as the curved submarginal line which runs from the apex to inner margin of hind wings, the area beyond it ochreous brown with a marginal specks series. Fore wings with traces of antemedial and postmedial waved lines and brown centered ochreous lunule at end of cell. Hind wings with traces of antemedial waved line. Ventral side with crenulate medial line. Hind wings with black cell spot and spot at middle of costa ventrally. Female pale ochreous brown, with some dark brown suffusion inside the double oblique line.Larva olive greenish in color with fuscous speckles and paler below. It has two pointed dorsal tubercles on anal somite. Dorsal and lateral bands of black streaks and greenish white blotches found on back and sides. Stigmata black and tubercles reddish.The larvae feed on Acanthaceae and Apocynaceae species.
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