Wings above with dull brick-red to grey-red to grey (female) ground-colour and large black dots; forewing with fine black marginal line, which is widened at the apex into a spot 2 mm.

in breadth, and with 6 submarginal dots (in 1b to 6); both wings above more or less darkened at the base; marginal band of the hindwing with the proximal boundary lunulate; under surface almost as the upper, but the marginal band of the hindwing with large whitish spots and the forewing at the apex with small marginal spots of the same colour.

[4] Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from July to November.

Adults have been found feeding on flower nectar of Scabious species.

It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group – but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.