[2][3] The butterfly is endemic to Upper Dibang Valley and Mayodia pass of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Upperside: Ground colour dark chocolate brown, slightly blackish, paler towards margins.

Hindwing white scales forming prominent small lines (striae) with slight violet tones covering the whole wing apart from a narrow area around the tornal ocelli.

In the basal half they are more separate and alternate with the dark brown ground colour producing a distinctive snow-drift like appearance.

[1] Female (RFRI-39):Forewing length 35mm, 28017’21.0N & 95055’16.9E, elevation 2239m, Near Mayodia Pass towards Hunli, Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 29 August 2013. coll.

Arun P. Singh, Ecology & Biodiversity Division, Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat, Assam.

Hindwing white scales forming prominent small striae with slight violet tones covering the whole wing apart from a narrow area around the tornal ocelli.

In the basal half they are more separate and alternate with the dark brown ground colour producing a distinctive snow-drift like appearance.