It prefers to inhabit dense native forest with high rainfall at higher altitudes.

This species is very similar in appearance to its close relative I. infensa but has more strongly patterned forewings.

[2] This species is very similar in appearance to its close relative I. infensa but has more strongly patterned forewings.

[2] I. infensa has fully developed Stobbe's glands and differences also exist in the male genitalia of the two species.

[2] This species prefers to inhabit dense native forest with high rainfall.