The larvae feed on Arundinaria alpinus, Oxytenanthera abyssinica, Bambusa vulgaris and Afzelia species.

The transverse markings of the under surface are reddish, as in the other species of this group, and only black in cellule 1 b of the forewing.

boueti is distinguished by a material reduction of the black markings on the upper surface.

[4] A full description is also given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:287-524.

(for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2]) External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.