When not feeding, the Caterpillar rests underneath a leaf.

(Specimen courtesy: Butterfly House, Coffs Harbour)

The pupa is suspended from a cremaster. It is brown and spiky, and has three white spots (one large, and two small) on each side. Its length is about 2 cms.

Male
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult is brown with a broad orange stripe extending over both wings. The females have a white mark in the black tip of each forewing, and the males have a yellow one. The wingspan is about 7 cms.

Female
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The undersides have a similar pattern but in light and dark brown.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Martin Purvis)

The eggs are spherical and finely ribbed. They are silvery green and have a diameter of about 1 mm. They are laid singly under leaves of a foodplant.

The species is found as several subspecies across south-east Asia, including

The subspecies parva (Butler, 1876) is found in Australia in the

This is a featured species at the Coffs Harbour Butterfly House. Butterflies of this species may be purchased for release at weddings etc.

          

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 571-572.

Pieter Cramer,
Papillons exotiques,
Uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen,
Amsterdam Baalde, Volume 4 (1777), p. 1,, and also Plate 289, figs. A, B, C, D.

Ross Kendall,
Butterfly Larvae Images,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 57 (June 2010), p. 38,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club.

G.A. Wood,
The life history of Yoma sabina parva (Butler) (Lepidoptera:Nymphalinae),
Australian Entomological Magazine,
Volume 14 (1987), pp 1-2.

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(updated 9 December 2009, 13 December 2013, 27 January 2014, 30 January 2016, 30 June 2020)