The taxon was originally described as a variation of Allancastria cerisyi, then treated as its subspecies.

The Allancastria cretica imago is a medium-sized ( 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) long.,[1] white to ochre-white butterfly with black markings, a line of submaginal scallops, and a few red dots on the hindwings.

(9e) occurs on Grete and some Greek islands; a sparsely marked form in which the three teeth of the hindwing mentioned above (A.cerisyi) are indicated only by black curved lines, the edge of the wing not being distinctly excised.

For males, a search type of flight is typical, characteristic of other mountain representatives of the subfamily Parnassiinae.

Females after mating lay eggs one at a time, gluing them to the underside of the leaves.