(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

The upper surfaces of the wings of the adult butterfly are white with black wingtips, and are grey along the leading edges of the forewings. The undersides are white with grey wingtips, and have an orange tinge at the base of each forewing. The butterfly has a wingspan of about 4 cms.

underside (Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

The species is found in Arnhem Land and Cape York in the north of Australia.

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Further reading :

Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp. 316-317.

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(updated 1 January 2012)