female, drawing by Waterhouse and Lyell, listed as Xenica minyas,
The Butterflies of Australia, Angus & Robertson, 1914, Sydney, fig. 820,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Museum Victoria.

The adults of this species are orange with brown veins and markings. They have an eyespot on each forewing, and a vestigial eyespot on each hindwing. Their wingspan is about 3.5 cms. They look like to a pale form of Geitoneura klugii.

male wing undersides, drawing by Waterhouse and Lyell, listed as Xenica minyas,
The Butterflies of Australia, Angus & Robertson, 1914, Sydney, fig. 819,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Museum Victoria.

The species has mainly been found in

occurs occasionally in

female wing undersides, drawing by Waterhouse & Lyell, listed as Xenica minyas,
The Butterflies of Australia, Angus & Robertson, 1914, Sydney, fig. 820,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Museum Victoria.

It has been suggested that it is present as two subspecies :

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 506-507.

Gustavus Athol Waterhouse & George Lyell,
The Butterflies of Australia,
Angus & Robertson, 1914, Sydney, p. 45, No. 47, and also Plate 40, figs. 819, 820.

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(updated 20 March 2004, 6 December 2013, 16 March 2015, 12 March 2016)