sex unspecified
drawing by H. Knight, Plate III, figure 3, in 'Oriental Lycaenidae',
Henley Grose-Smith & William Forsell Kirby,
Rhopalocera exotica, being illustrations of new, rare and unfigured species of butterflies
Gurney & Jackson, London, 1895,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library,
digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.
The literature is reluctant to specify if the species is dimorphic.
The wings of at least one of the sexes have rusty brown upper surfaces with black edges.
Underneath, the wings of at least one of the sexes are grey or brown,
each with a pattern of patches of metallic pale green.
The butterflies have a wingspan of about 3 cms.
underside
(Photo: courtesy of
Cheongweei Gan,
Papua)
This species has been found as various subspecies in
Papua, and
Australia .
Further reading :
Henley Grose Grose-Smith & William Forsell Kirby,
Oriental Lycaenidae,
Rhopalocera exotica, being illustrations of new, rare and unfigured species of butterflies,
Volume 2 (1897), pp. 16-18, No. XII, and also
pl. 3, figs. 4,5.
(written 27 May 2026)
