The specific name commemorates English naturalist Albert Stewart Meek who collected the type series in May 1903 at Owgarra north of head of the Aroa River in Papua New Guinea.

The white area of the forewing is more sharply defined, more straight distally, and anteriorly rather more extended.

The underside shows also that of D. niepelti but the yellow area of the forewing is much paler and distally straight, the subapical spots are slightly smaller.

The hindwing shows a yellowish white costal patch which does not extend beyond the first radius not being triangular as in the males but longitudinal.

The nominate race D. m. meeki occurs in the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea.