Fore wing diaphanous with a black basal dot in 1 b and with discal dots in (1 a) 1 b to 6, 10 and 11, which beneath are united with one another and with a spot in the apex of the cell, forming a black transverse band; the veins at the distal margin black and in cellules 4 to 7 bordering large but indistinct light yellowish marginal spots.

Hindwing very thinly scaled, whitish, with black, light yellow- spotted marginal band 2 to 3 mm.

Delagoa Bay to British East Africa and Rhodesia.

- mombasae Smith only differs in having the hindwing and partially also the forewing scaled with very light brown-yellow instead of white and the discal dots of the forewing smaller and often indistinct.

It is a member of the Acraea satis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]