[1] Subspecies include:[2] This species is present in Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia.

[3] These butterflies inhabit cloudforest at elevations between about 600–1,800 metres (2,000–5,900 ft) above sea level.

Females have usually a brown ground color with wide longitudinal bands of orange and white on forewings and hindwings.

They usually visit wet muddy patches and feed on rotting fruits, dung or carrion.

This article related to members of the butterfly subfamily Apaturinae is a stub.