Appearance
The butterfly has a wingspan of 40 to 50 mm for subspecies ''ataphus'' found in Sri Lanka, and of 65 to 70 mm in subspecies ''excellens'' found in Sulawesi.Edward Yerbury Watson gives a detailed description:
Male. Upperside ochreous olive brown; forewing with an ochreous-red costal band which also extends across base of the cell; a large black basal patch below the cell. Cilia of forewing pale brownish grey, of hindwing ochreous-red.
Female. It differs above only in the absence of the basal black patch, and beneath it in the less prominent white posterior marginal band. Underside ochreous-brown: forewing with a paler ochreous subapical and a marginal fascia, and a broad whitish posterior band: hindwing with bright ochreous red longitudinal streak between the veins, broadest between the median and submedian veins and abdominal margin; a small black spot at the base above the costal vein. Thorax in front, head, palpi, body beneath, and legs ochreous-red; terminal joint of palpi brown.
Behavior
This butterfly is crepuscular. The larva have been recorded on ''Hiptage benghalensis'' and ''Combretum latifolium''.References:
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