[1][2] The subspecies of Neopithecops zalmora are-[1][2][3] Upperside of both sexes dark purplish brown; in the female slightly paler on the disc of the forewing.

[4] Differs from specimens of the wet-season brood as follows: Upperside: ground colour not so dark generally.

Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen on the upperside paler than in the wet-season brood.

[4][5] India: Eastern Himalayas; Bengal: Orissa; Western Ghats; Sri Lanka; Assam; Myanmar; Tenasserim; the Andamans; extending into the Malay Peninsula.

[4] The larvae are known to feed on Diospyros (Ebenaceae) and many species of Glycosmis (Rutaceae) including G. arborea, G. parviflora and G.