Appearance
The forewings are dark silky brown, with the outer margin, from the apex to the anal angle, broadly banded with pale fawn. There is a series of silvery white spots on the inner side of the pale colour. There are two black spots close to the apex and a pale-fawn mark at the end of the cell. The hindwings are uniform pale silky grey.
Naming
*''Macara alydda alydda''⤷ ''Macara alydda nigella''
Food
The larvae have been recorded feeding on a wide range of host plants, including ''Miconia capitellata'', ''Miconia dielsii'', ''Monochaetum lineatum'', ''Tibouchina lepidota'', ''Nectandra'' species, ''Gunnera brephogea'', ''Disterigma acuminatum'', ''Psammisia'' species, ''Croton'' species, ''Alchornea pearcei'', ''Alchornea grandis'', ''Acalypha scandens'', ''Acalypha macrstachya'', ''Acalypha platyphylla'', ''Erythrina edulis'', ''Weinmania balbisiana'', ''Clusia multiflora'', ''Cayaponia macrocalix'', ''Chusquea scandens'' and ''Rubus'' species. Early instar larvae feed in large groups.References:
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