It is found from KwaZulu-Natal to Zimbabwe and in Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, southern DRC (Katanga), Tanzania and eastern Kenya.

Adults are on wing year round, with a strong peak in late summer in southern Africa.

(55 f) varies greatly in size, but is on an average larger than the following species [in its subgroup], having an expanse of 46 to 80 mm.

in breadth, which in the male is sharply defined, but in the female sometimes shades into the darkened ground-colour without sharp delimitation.

The larvae feed on Adenia gummifera, Passiflora species (including P. coerulea) and Tricliceras longipedunculatum.