(Photo: courtesy of E.D. Edwards, from "Butterflies of Australia" by M.F. Braby)

When fully grown, the Caterpillar pupates in its vertically shelter, head upward.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Museums Victoria)

The adult butterfly is dark brown with a series of yellow and orange patches on each forewing. The hindwings each have aa rectangular yellow patch.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Museums Victoria)

Underneath, the they are grey, with the same spots as on the upper surface, but with a dark brown patch and an orange streak under each forewing, and half a dozen small white spots under each hindwing. The wing span is about 3 cms.

egg, magnified
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Walker, Gisborne, Victoria)

The eggs are white and are dome-shaped, with about 20 ribs. The eggs have a diameter of about 1.2 mm. The eggs are laid singly on the underside of leaves of a foodplant.

The species occurs in the mountains in:

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp 92-93.

Kelvyn Dunn,
Bundanoon,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 73 (June 2014), p. 24,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club.

Gustavus Athol Waterhouse,
Descriptions and notes of Australian Hesperidae, chiefly Victorian,
Victorian Naturalist,
Volume 20, Part 4 (1903), p. 56.

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(updated 13 June 2010, 5 January 2024)