It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan, the Nicobars, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and on Christmas Island.

Forewings olive green, suffused with purplish red-brown and striated with rufous.

A broad verditer-green fascia found below the cell, sending bars to inner margin near base and outer angle, and conjoined to the green reniform spot.

Larva purplish brown with many blue specks and large yellow patch on 3rd, 4th and 5th somites.

Fourth and fifth somites form ocelli with yellow iris and azure-blue black edged pupil.

The larvae feed on Achyranthes, Cocculus, Cyclea peltata, Menispermum and Tiliacora species.