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A very rare species, originally placed by Talbot in the georgina
Group, which illustrates that it an outlying member of this Group.
Male: Fore-wing above blackish-brown. Markings white,
dusted with bluish-grey. A stripe in cellule 2 and a longer one below
the cell divided by the submedian, four short and narrow post cellular
stripes. A series of seven submarginal spots, the two apical ones longer
than the others and the one in 3 large, somewhat square, and placed more
proximal. Hind-wing blackish-brown. Proximal area, except the base,
lemon yellow, composed of stripes and spots separated by the black
veins, comprising the cell, two long posterior stripes separated by the
submedian, an oblong patch in the base of cellule 2, a short streak in 3
and 4, a larger spot in 5, and another in 6. A series of small and
rounded grey-white submarginal spots. Underside of fore wing similar to above, the proximal
markings whiter. Two short stripes in the cell. Anterior submarginal
streak divided into two spots, the three submarginal spots below this
are < shaped. Hind wing as on upperside, the submarginal spots
larger.
Female: Description not presently available.
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