Very nearly allied to c. etheocles and only differing in the male in the genital armature and in the female in having the cell of the forewing above unicolorous, never with light spots.

Hindwing with small or indistinct whitish submarginal dots and greenish, in cellules 4–6 often red-yellow marginal streaks.

— Larva unicolorous green with a yellowish-bordered spot on the sixth segment.

[4] A full description is also given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 Novitates Zoologicae Volume 7:478-479 [1] (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2]) The habitat is forest and dense moist savanna, including Brachystegia woodland.

Larvae feed on Albizia spp., Newtonia buchananii, Peltophorum africanum, Dichrostachys cinerea, Acacia ataxacantha, and Scutia myrtina.